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The best way to prepare for this sort of exam is by learning techniques which commonly feature within poetry. Once you have learnt these, practise applying these techniques to poems you haven't seen befor...

In your revision it may be helpful to create a 'quote bank' of key quotes that you can keep referring to in your essays. As a further revision technique you could also write out or print out these quotes ...

'Meter' refers to the rhythm of the poem, created by the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables. An iamb is simply an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one. A trochee, on the other hand, is...

It is a common misconception that you cannot prepare for unseen poetry.Personally, I found that the most effective way to prepare was to develop my analytical skills on poems I had never seen before at ho...

There are lots of things to look for in this poem that can help you answer this question. The most obvious is the language he uses: the very first stanza is groaning with adjectives signifying age, decay ...