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Academic Team Notes
Unseen Poetry Anaylsis at GCSE
Tips for analysing poetry effectively
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– An Approach to Success
It can be daunting to be faced with a poem that you’ve never
seen before and know that you have about 40 minutes to
both interpret it and write about it
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It really is a case of practice making
perfect
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Use the following exam technique strategies to guarantee exam success
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Be aware of time, but don’t panic
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Now read the poem again, with a highlighter in
hand, underlining key devices and points of interest
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Create your own
acronym and write it at the top of the paper
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This saves time, words,
and adds a sophistication to your analysis
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” Instead, put something like, “The
metaphor ‘blah blah’ creates a strong sense of …
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The specific use of …
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”
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It is simply a case of learning the terminology
that examiners expect to see
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Instead, simply use
the quote and comment on the effect created by it
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creates an effect of …
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Be confidence in your interpretation of what the whole poem is about, but
don’t be afraid if you don’t understand every line
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For example, “…
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Alternatively, the emphasis on …
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If there is something small you don’t
quite understand don’t write about it
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Having said that, you do need to include
plenty of content
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The exam
booklet you are completing your work in should, in my view, be full
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Don’t assume the tone and mood will be the same
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The tone that the narrator uses creates the mood
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There is often a working
through ideas that leads to resolution or statement at the end of the poem,
that differs to the beginning
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How to say this … read the poem aloud, in your head! Listen out for sudden
changes of pace, rhythm, the sounds of sibilance, assonance, alliteration,
enjambement or end-stopped lines
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It isn’t wrong to look at imagery,
structure, tone, mood, writer’s intention in order or step by step – it is
logical
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This will
create a more streamlined response
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Never just point out that the writer has used a metaphot etc
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What is the effectiveness of that metaphor
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Some say that analysing a poem is a bit like doing a jigsaw puzzle back to front
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Others use the image of a crossword puzzle
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For me in order to understand the whole that important question of WHY
dominates
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Don’t let Why ever be far
from your mind
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It will keep you on track
and help ensure that you are answering the question