English poetry

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I'm not really what to do about learning the poems, my teacher says we should learn them all off by heart, but imo they're way too long! others were saying to learn off important quotes, whats everyone here doing?

Rockerette

i know about 5/6 quotes for each poetm, but im nopt fussed about it really.
good references are valid enough my teacher says

qz

There's no way you can learn off the whole poem, that's ridiculous.

Just learn the important quotes that can back up your answer to any question. I know this is broad, but try pick the strongest images, or the sentences that show the style of the poet.

Raphael

qz wrote:

There's no way you can learn off the whole poem, that's ridiculous.

Especially if you;lre studying Eliot =p

Rockerette

^ prufrock all the way

Dagnir Glaurung

I find it useful to learn one or two poems off by each poet so I can get really in-depth on them. I wouldn't go mad and learn all the poems off but learning Pruckrock certainly did me no harm

smemon

if your a defensive and weak minded person and are constantly panicking and worrying about stupid stuff, learn them off for peace of mind.

if your attacking, confident and creative with a strong attitude, dont learn anything off but just know the moral of the poem.

no2. gets an A, no.1 gets a B imo. by learning off a poem, you're learning off other peoples work to beef up your own. if you're an attacking student, you'll give your answer whilst refering to the poem (not necessarily by quotes) to backup your points.

Finito. that's the marking scheme in my own unique words. don't you understand that better than the way teachers put it? i rest my case :cool: your welcome

whassupp

with regards poets, i've prepared plath, bishop, hardy, longley and yeats

we were told that there is usually an irish poet (longley and yeats) and a female poet (plath nd bishop) so really you'd be safe with those BUT NO gaurantee.

I feel that you should be able to quote from your favourite poets.... but not because you learned them by heart.
one or two quotes from every second poem should suffice.

Also i think 5 poems from each poet is more than enough.

Zapp Brannigan

I don't think Yeats will come up.

Bishop and Plath are 2 I'm definitely studying. I'll look at Longley too and probably Hardy (Jus cos he's easy enough. Cranky old man blah blah)

Rob30888

I've written out sample essays and just learned quotes to back them up as it looks slightly better. It's nuts trying to learn off dozens of poems, just know one as in depth as possible and refer to it as your "favourite" near the end as it'll look like you actually give a **** about their poetry

OctavarIan

I'm learning Bishop, Hardy, Longely and Yeats. Not whole poems, just select quotes to back up points. Most poetry questions seem to be "what's so good about this poet's work?" reiterated with different wording.