Just before the Lit Examination, students tend to ask teachers for 'tips'. (Though if you think about it, rightly the service provider should be be the one who receives tips...) Anyhow, while you're online, procrastinating and waiting for the results of your Facebook quiz to load, here are some pointers that might help your poetry.
1. Start your essay with a discussion on tone.
Tone allows you to explore the nuances of the poem which facilitates a more accurate and sensitive essay.
Plus, the discussion of tone forces the essayist to analyze, rather than explain the poem. Speaking of which...
2. Analyze, not explain.
I've covered this during the extra lesson.
If you missed that bit, go find out!
While you're revising, you might also wish to review:
a) Notes from the workshop
b) Comprehension/reading skills (covered during "Identity" and "I'd rather be Horizontal")
Hope you feel more confident now. Ok... you may let go of my feet and get back to 'Great Expectations' now.
Shoo! Stop surfing already!
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