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Although after a first read it might seem overwhelming, try not to panic. Read it again. Now look to the question given with the poem, and pull out the key words. Think about what the question is really a...

A Personal Statement is a daunting task- yet it should be much easier than it is made out to be. You need to show what and why you chose the subject that you want to do. The majority of your Statement sho...

Close reading is when you really engage with a text and all of its connotations. It means that you need to look at what techniques, voice or person the author may be using but importantly it is not just s...

A handy acronym to help you remember how to write about unseen poems is SLIME. This stands for Structure, Language, Imagery, Meaning, and Effect. When you read through the poem, you should make notes on p...

At the end of each of the poems, we see that the speakers have different perspectives on how the effect power has. In Ozymandias, he has learnt that power eventually fades away and “nothing besid...