Poetry Across Time Essay
Poetry Across Time
Section A: ‘Relationships’
You must hit each of the following assessment objectives; failure to do so will result in a significantly reduced mark:
1 insightful exploratory response to text (your ideas about aspects of the poems)
2 close analysis of detail to support interpretation (analysis of key quotations)
3 evaluation of writers’ uses of language and/or structure and/or form and effects on readers ( analysis of techniques and effects)
4 convincing/imaginative interpretation of ideas/themes [in lower bands also attitudes and feelings] (your ideas about the poems’ deeper meanings)
5 evaluative comparison of ideas and/or meanings and/or techniques
6 evaluative selection of a range of telling detail integrated …show more content…
The war allegedly had a profound (powerful) effect on him and subsequently appeared as a theme in much of his writing (either overtly (obviously) or as an undertone (subtly)). In Tunisia, Scannell deserted after seeing the consequences of a massacre and was then sent to a military. After he was released, he was wounded while taking part in the D Day landings in Normandy.
Links with other ‘Relationship’ poems:
1 Fathers/parental relationships (‘Harmonium’, ‘Praise Song for My Mother’)
1 Familial relationships (‘Brothers’, ‘Sister Maude’, ’Harmonium’, ‘Praise Song for My Mother’)
1 Specific imagery (military imagery in ‘The Manhunt’; painful imagery in ‘The Manhunt’ and ‘Quickdraw’)
‘Born Yesterday’ by Philip
Section A: ‘Relationships’
You must hit each of the following assessment objectives; failure to do so will result in a significantly reduced mark:
1 insightful exploratory response to text (your ideas about aspects of the poems)
2 close analysis of detail to support interpretation (analysis of key quotations)
3 evaluation of writers’ uses of language and/or structure and/or form and effects on readers ( analysis of techniques and effects)
4 convincing/imaginative interpretation of ideas/themes [in lower bands also attitudes and feelings] (your ideas about the poems’ deeper meanings)
5 evaluative comparison of ideas and/or meanings and/or techniques
6 evaluative selection of a range of telling detail integrated …show more content…
The war allegedly had a profound (powerful) effect on him and subsequently appeared as a theme in much of his writing (either overtly (obviously) or as an undertone (subtly)). In Tunisia, Scannell deserted after seeing the consequences of a massacre and was then sent to a military. After he was released, he was wounded while taking part in the D Day landings in Normandy.
Links with other ‘Relationship’ poems:
1 Fathers/parental relationships (‘Harmonium’, ‘Praise Song for My Mother’)
1 Familial relationships (‘Brothers’, ‘Sister Maude’, ’Harmonium’, ‘Praise Song for My Mother’)
1 Specific imagery (military imagery in ‘The Manhunt’; painful imagery in ‘The Manhunt’ and ‘Quickdraw’)
‘Born Yesterday’ by Philip