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Step 1: Read the question carefully, highlight and annotate keywords as you go. Write a list of poetic techniques.

Step 2: Read through the poem with the key theme of the question in mind.

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Goulding’s 1954 novella ‘Lord of the Flies’ presents an allegorical warning concerned with the intrinsic evil in all men, an idea expounded and explored through the presence of the ‘beastie.’ We can discu...

The idea of words and indeed how language can be manipulated to obscure and alter the truth is crucial to the play, in particular the character of Iago. The magic of the yarns Iago spins in order to creat...

Williams uses the domestic setting and naturalistic character exploration as a microcosm for wider elements of social change and tensions in post war America. In this reading of ...

Firstly, don't forget that it's normal not to know what a poem is saying straight away! The whole idea of a poem is for a poet to put forward an idea or thought implicitly, using metaphor...