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The principles of Lyrical Ballads, as found in Wordsworth’s ‘The Preface’, suggest that poetry should imitate ‘language used by men’ and represent ‘incidents and situations from common life’. Therefore, whil...

Unseen writing tasks look at your thought processes. When you are faced with a text that you have never seen before, the best way to show that you understand what is happening is to ask yourself the 5 Ws. Fi...

Austen's Pride and Prejudice engages with the subject of marriage from the very first page; by the end of the chapter, the marital ambitions of Mrs Bennet towards her daughter's are established. Yet the nove...

When analysing an unseen poem, think about feelings . Ask yourself three questions: 1) How does the poet feel?2) Why does the poet feel this way? 3) How do you know they feel this way? For example, take a lo...

A useful way to start thinking about the duality of order and disorder in A Midsummer Night's Dream is to compare and contrast Shakespeare's use of settings. The tale begins in Athens, where the state is fou...