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Section A

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45 minutes

36 marks

Answer 1 question from 2

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What counts as structure in poetry:

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Order of stanzas

Openings and endings

Rhyming

Rhythm

Repetition

Enjambment

Verse length

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Unseen poem time limit:

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30 minutes

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Structure of unseen question:

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About 3 PEAs

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What to do in unseen question:

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Analyse quotes

Explain effect on reader

Mention poets ideas

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What to do in the exam for the unseen question:

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Read and annotate

3 minutes annotating the poem - at least 3 quotes

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Sonnet 116 form:

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Sonnet - popular about love

Made up of three quatrains with rhyming couplet at end

Regular rhyme - order and completeness

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Sonnet 116 structure -

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Quatrains discuss same idea of love being unchanged

Final couplet narrators guarantee that he’s telling truth

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Sonnet 116 feelings and attitudes -

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Devotion

Constancy

True love

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To his coy mistress feelings and attitudes:

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Impatience

Urgency

Reluctance

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To his coy mistress form -

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First person narrator - direct appeal to his coy mistress of the title

Rhyming couplets which make poem witty and well constructed

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To his coy mistress structure -

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Traditional structure for arguments

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To his coy mistress hyperbole:

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Mocks mistress romantic ideas about love

Sense of frustration shown through irony and exaggeration

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To his coy mistress feelings and attitudes:

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Impatience

Urgency

Reluctance

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The farmers bride form:

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Dramatic monologue, mostly iambic tetrameter

Rhyme scheme that varies

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The farmers bride - feelings and attitudes

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Frustration

Desire

Fear

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Sonnet 43 form -

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Petrarchan form, an octave followed by a sestet

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Sonnet 43 - feelings and attitudes

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Deep and lasting love

Unselfish love

Virtue

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Sister Maude - feelings and attitudes

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Betrayal

Jealously

Spitefulness

Cold anger

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Sonnet 116 form:

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Sonnet - popular about love

Made up of three quatrains with rhyming couplet at end

Regular rhyme - order and completeness

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Sonnet 116 structure -

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Quatrains discuss same idea of love being unchanged

Final couplet narrators guarantee that he’s telling truth

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Sonnet 116 feelings and attitudes -

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Devotion

Constancy

True love

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To his coy mistress feelings and attitudes:

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Impatience

Urgency

Reluctance

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To his coy mistress form -

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First person narrator - direct appeal to his coy mistress of the title

Rhyming couplets which make poem witty and well constructed

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To his coy mistress structure -
Traditional structure for arguments
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To his coy mistress hyperbole:
Mocks mistress romantic ideas about love Sense of frustration shown through irony and exaggeration
27
To his coy mistress feelings and attitudes:
Impatience Urgency Reluctance
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The farmers bride form:
Dramatic monologue, mostly iambic tetrameter Rhyme scheme that varies
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The farmers bride - feelings and attitudes
Frustration Desire Fear
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Sonnet 43 form -
Petrarchan form, an octave followed by a sestet
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Sonnet 43 - feelings and attitudes
Deep and lasting love Unselfish love Virtue
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Sister Maude - feelings and attitudes
Betrayal Jealously Spitefulness Cold anger
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Nettles - feelings and attitudes
Anger Revenge Frustration Tenderness
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Born yesterday - feelings and attitudes
Tenderness Scorn Realism
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The manhunt - feelings and attitudes
Caring Patience Pain
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Hour - feelings and attitudes
Cherishing the moment Strong belief Physical pleasure
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In Paris With You - feelings and attitudes
Self pity Bitterness Humour Lust
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QuickDraw - feelings and attitudes
Hurt Expectation Tension
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Ghazal - feelings and attitudes
Intense love Playfulness Pleasure
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Brothers - feelings and attitudes
Frustration Guilt Regret
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Praise song for my mother - feelings and attitudes
Gratitude Joy Praise
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Harmonium - feelings and attitudes
Speechlessness Humour Sadness
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Theme - Different feelings about each other
To his coy mistress The farmers bride
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Theme - Protective relationships
The manhunt Nettles Born yesterday
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Theme - Mean and cruel relationships
Sister Maude QuickDraw
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Theme- Inconsiderate
In Paris With You Brothers
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Theme - bitter relationships
In Paris With You Sister Maude
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Theme - regret and negative emotions
Brothers The Farmers Bride
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Theme - romantic love
Manhunt Hour Ghazal
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Poetic devices including Enjambment:
To his coy mistress Hour
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Poems with less strict patterns:
QuickDraw Harmonium
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Beginnings that set the tone:
Sister Maude Born Yesterday In Paris With You
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Closing couplets that sum up the poems:
Sonnet 116 Praise song for my mother
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Surprising closing lines:
The farmers bride Brothers
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Poems in first person:
Manhunt Hour
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Rhyme to add force:
Ghazal Born yesterday
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Rhyme that enhances feeling of poem:
Sister Maude Praise song for my mother The farmers bride
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Poems that use natural imagery:
Ghazal Nettles Praise Song for my mother
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Irony in poems:
Nettles Brothers
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Poems that use sarcasm to make a point:
To his coy mistress Born yesterday
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Poems that create an unhappy mood:
The farmers bride Harmonium

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