Compare how two texts have addressed the issue of love.

I would suggest that the student looks at 3 areas, form, structure and language. In terms of form, is it a poem, and if so, does it follow a particular rhyme and rhythm? Is it an extract from the novel, and if so how does it link to the rest of the text? If it is a play, how to elements such as the stage directions come into play? Across all three modes, how is the passage narrated? In terms of structure, is the poem split into stanzas? Is the passage split into paragraphs? How are the characters in the play interacting with each other, is there interruption, or do they take turns to speak? Language- any use of metaphor, simile, allusion, assonance, alliteration.... which linguistic techniques are evident in the passage.