by melaniewp | Apr 24, 2013 | Carol Ann Duffy, Exam Essays, GCSE, Havisham, IGCSE, Model Essays, Poetry
Essay Question Set:Explore how relationships are presented in Havisham.In Havisham, we see love gone wrong. Carol Ann Duffy re-imagines Dicken’s eternal Spinster in this dramatic first person monologue where Miss Havisham makes exclamations –...
by melaniewp | Apr 21, 2013 | Cambridge, Exam Essays, IGCSE, Model Essays, Poetry, Summer Farm, The Cockroach
Question set:Explore how both poems deal with the theme of Identity.It’s hard to figure out what is meant by the word ‘identity’, but it can be summed up in these poems as ‘thinking about the meaning of life, sense of self, life as a journey,...
by melaniewp | Apr 20, 2013 | GCSE, How to Write an Essay, IGCSE, Love, Poetry, Romeo and Juliet
Yay! It’s everyone’s favourite activity: essay-writing! This post will focus on how to write the introduction, and make sure that when you start laying down track, it takes you where you want to go. When you’re done, check out this post to...
by melaniewp | Apr 18, 2013 | Birthday, Christina Rosetti, Edexcel Lnguage Anthology, Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Model Essays, Poetry
Essay TitleIn ‘Remember’, how does Christina Rossetti use language and structure to get across the theme?On the surface, ‘Remember’ is all about death. The poem is written in the second person, evoking a relationship of some kind – of ‘you’ and ‘me’. But is ‘me’...
by melaniewp | Apr 18, 2013 | Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Model Essays, Poetry
This is the start of an essay, using STILTS to analyse Alice Walker’s poem about her father.Essay Question:How does the writer uses language and structure to get across the theme of the poem?The first paragraph explains the SUBJECT thoroughly, then a brief bit...
by melaniewp | Apr 8, 2013 | A Different History, Exam Essays, GCSE, IGCSE, Model Essays, Poetry, Where I Come From
These poems are from the Cambridge IGCSE poetry anthology. If you’re not taking IGCSE, you can use them to help with the unseen poetry, or how to write about, or compare, poems in general.First, find the poems, then an essay comparing them both. The essay is 885...
