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English Literature
A Level

Comment on how the writer's use of structure, form and language shape meaning (in Edgar Allan Poe's 'Annabel Lee')

In ‘Annabel Lee’ by Edgar Allan Poe, structure is played off against language. A morbid narrative – the death of a young girl, with whom the poet is clearly infatuated – is penned in lines of verse that b...

JK
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Where do I start with a poem like Ezra Pound's 'In A Station of the Metro'?

When faced with a poem that challenges our very conceptions of what 'the poem' should look like, one should feel excitement as opposed to fear. It need hardly be said that Pound's central Imagist poem is ...

DW
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How do you demonstrate wider reading in your exam?

The ‘Reading for Meaning’ question paper of the English Literature A2 exam, has a large emphasis on demonstrating wider reading, as well as being able to analyse unseen texts.

A good way to prepare...

ZR
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How are the dead presented in this anthology? Refer to two or three texts in your answer. (World War One Literature)

The dead are a central focus for war poetry and the notion of death is trivialised throughout the poems in this anthology. Poems such as 'The Soldier' by Rupert Brooke glorify the dead and display the aft...

RD
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What are the key features of William Blake's "A Little Girl Lost" from his Songs of Experience?

This is the contrary poem to "The Little Girl Lost" which was originally in Innocence. It may help you to use that poem as a counterpoint to this one.

William Blake's work originally inte...

SR
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