Search over 10,000 free study notes

Although most poems in Blake's 'Songs of Innocence and Experience' can be paired together, the two "Holy Thursday"'s and "The Chimney Sweeper"'s are perhaps best placed to directly compar...

In my revision for my English Lit A Level, I used quote banks to organise my ideas and make essay planning more efficient. These are tables in which the left side shows themes within the text and the top has...

To make it easier for you to keep hold of your ideas, you can summarise your points in your introduction. For example, if I was writing an essay about Christmas, I might say; 'In order to explain what Christ...

The difference between English GCSE and English at A level is the volume of independent learning. This means taking an active approach to your essays and further reading surrounding the texts at A level. Exa...

The very first thing you need to do is purely read it through in order to get an understanding of the poem. I'd recommend not even trying to think too technically at this point, but rather notice what effect...