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will i be ok with 3 poets studied in dept?
I have Eilean NiC and Frost studied in dept should i study dickinson or yeats as my third? what has the better chance of coming up?

OMGeary wrote: »

For Literary Genre you still have to compare.


No, I don't like him either, the only good poem of his is The road not Taken

You ought to read "After Apple Picking"

Casio123 wrote: »

My class have studied
Montague
Frost
W.B.Yeats
Plath
Dickinson

Would it be risky if I just studied Montague and frost ?

It will always be risky studying less than 5 poets, as 4 come up, studying 4 means there is a possibility 4 other ones will come up.

Has any ideas about the great gatsby?

Troxck wrote: »

So for poetry I've revised Montague, Frost, Donne and Ní Chuilleanáin. I want to cover a 5th to be safe, who would ye recommend? My class also covered Hardy, Plath and Yeats.

Also thanks to the person who posted links about the Unseen Poetry, they were very helpful!

Yeats is the best poet on the course, and it's 150 years since his birth. The SEC also love Yeats and are keen on examining him. Hardy, while his poems contain great meaning and emotions, aren't very good, but he hasn't been examined since 2006. Nobody is predicting him for some reason, but I think he's this years dark horse.

xLisaBx wrote: »

Hey people, I did Yeats last year and got 100 percent in the question (God knows how ). Anyway, I probably sound like a contradicting idiot but I'd recommend answering another poet. I've heard that examiners mark him harder than any other poet due to the fact one must appreciate history just as much as poetry, which can be difficult. And anybody hoping for an A1 should really be appreciating poetry, I don't think it's a love that's easily faked

Completely agree. Only true lovers of poetry seem to like W.B. What's the chances of him appearing this year do you reckon? Really hoping he will, Plath and Frost are the only two other poets that even come close, so I'll be disappointed to not get the opportunity to answer on him.

xLisaBx wrote: »

My 18th was paper 2 last year and I was in tears when I saw him! Tears of happiness obviously to be honest I haven't done any predicting for people this year so I have no idea how likely or unlikely he is. But even true lovers of poetry and history can fall victim to really tough marking on him. I think Plath wont come up if it helps

The things I'd do to swap situations with you. Only thing is, if he comes up this year, nobody else in my class seems to be doing him, which is even better! What did you get in English overall then?

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone knows how many quotes examiners are looking for in an Othello essay to get an A1?

Thanks

xLisaBx wrote: »

Thank you! Oh you'll get it no bother then, I got a B3 in my English mocks last year haha and no sorry, I don't have the essay because I made it up on the day and it wasnt prepared from notes or anything beforehand. None of my work was. Sorry

Kudos to you for being able to develop your own responses and formulate your own answers. Not many can.

What's everyone's plans for the composition? It's my worst part of the paper and I find it difficult to make up a story on the spot, and wouldn't be able to think of enough points to write about for anything else. I'm wondering whether I should write maybe an essay or two now and then just use the same storyline in the real thing. Is anyone else doing this?

DarraghF197 wrote: »

What's everyone's plans for the composition? It's my worst part of the paper and I find it difficult to make up a story on the spot, and wouldn't be able to think of enough points to write about for anything else. I'm wondering whether I should write maybe an essay or two now and then just use the same storyline in the real thing. Is anyone else doing this?

Unless you're really good at the short story, don't go for it. The Personal Essay is easier to get marks in, because it doesn't need a narrative structure, characterisation, atmosphere etc. and is more like your thoughts flowing onto the page.

The poets I've studied are:
ENC
Montague
Frost
Donne
Hardy

This list comes from my English teacher last year who is
pretty much a God when it comes to English predictions

ShaunDaSheep wrote: »

Comparative:
Just Theme

One comparative mode is kinda risky

Hi all,
Id really appreciate someones help with paper 1 the composing for the SHORT STORY.
For the mocks, I wrote what I thought was a personal essay under the personal essay title
but my teacher said that I wouldn't have scored a lot higher if I titled it as a short story
under one of the other titles. He told me to learn it off for June. I have just spent the
last hour going through it and changing some of the language in it etc I was just wondering
if im being too risky going it with just a learned off short story or should I write out a few??
Also, Is it ok for a short story to not have a definite ending? Like at the start my persons waiting
on results then she gets them then she deals with them but I never say what the results are of
or anything but does my story need to have a solid conclusion? Thanks so much for your help

Oh my God, this username.
I'm quite nervous for english, although it's one of my stronger subjects...
I really hope Frost or even Yeats comes up (though Yeats probably won't).
Can't deal with Eileen and her vomitting child, and my teacher didn't give us many notes on Montague.

DesuDesuChan wrote: »

Oh my God, this username.
I'm quite nervous for english, although it's one of my stronger subjects...
I really hope Frost or even Yeats comes up (though Yeats probably won't).
Can't deal with Eileen and her vomitting child, and my teacher didn't give us many notes on Montague.

You and me both bud. Frost is the only one that comes close to the might of Yeats. If neither of those two come up I'm f****d. Really don't want to have to answer on dickinson/hardy.