The Irish Poets

bunty_singh

I'm planning on doing Yeats and Longley along with one of the English Poets.

Is it true that one of the Irish poets is BOUND to appear on the appear? Or should I study the two female poets as well as back up?

whassupp2

nope. every year an irish and female poet has come up so its likely the same will happen this year but my teacher says that some year they'll change it

Raphael

You can't say that it's bound to, but it always has. I'd suggest you do the 2 irish and 2 female, that way if the trends continue you'll have 2 choices, and it'll put you up to 5 in total.

bunty_singh

whassupp2 wrote:

nope. every year an irish and female poet has come up so its likely the same will happen this year but my teacher says that some year they'll change it

doing the two irish poets is enough as a guarantea as one of them will definitely come up?

bunty_singh

Raphael wrote:

You can't say that it's bound to, but it always has. I'd suggest you do the 2 irish and 2 female, that way if the trends continue you'll have 2 choices, and it'll put you up to 5 in total.

hmm. Righteo. Thanks.

whassupp2

bunty_singh wrote:

doing the two irish poets is enough as a guarantea as one of them will definitely come up?

it should be enough but its not gauranteed

Raphael

bunty_singh wrote:

hmm. Righteo. Thanks.

Nae tother ab all

nedward

Ah it is guaranteed. If it was changed, the Department would be hammered!

OctavarIan

I'm studying Bishop, Longley and Hardy well, and Yeats as an extra. That's enough imo.

whassupp2

OctavarIan wrote:

I'm studying Bishop, Longley and Hardy well, and Yeats as an extra. That's enough imo.

I'm doing the same except Hardys my extra. I dont thin kyeats will come up but hes my favourite out of thema all aqnd the easiest to study

Rockerette

i would just love the dept. to **** everyone over....


but anyway..

my "guess" is

Longley or Yeats (prob Longley)
Eliot or Hardy (prob Hardy)
Donne or Hopkins (do i care? no...)
Plath or Bishop (Bishop i guess? i love both, so its all good)

Rockerette

i mean that last post in that, i dont think they'd put up both Donne AND Hopkins... or both Plath AND Bishop..

i wasnt just "predicting" what 8 poets might come up in case youre worried...

bunty_singh

So, either one of the Irish Poets should come up and either one of the Female Poets should come up.

However, there is a possibility of changing it.

I'm doing Yeats, Longley, Hopkins. I thought this was enough because I assumed that one of the two Irish poets are bound to come up. However people have been telling me to do the female poets too just in case.

My only problem is, studying five poets is a bitch.

Glazun

I'm fairly sure Yeats will appear, what with the whole 1916 rising aniversary..

Hardy isn't on again for years and he hasn't been on yet.. so he could be

Plath / Bishop could be on, but there's no guarantee that they will, of course, feminists will have a field day if they arent.

Longley could be on aswell..

Not sure about hopkins.. >_>; I find him an interesting poet, just hard to remember all the lines.

Personally I'd LOVE to see plath come up.. :P

deisedolly

I'm studying Hopkins, Plath, Bishop and maybe Donne or Longley I don't know!
I hate Donne but I want to use him as my backup if Hopkins doesn't come up, but eurgh I dunno!

And I know if I'm studying Longley that I should study Yeats as a backup but christ I hate Yeats aswell!

Here's hoping for the ladys this year!

Rockerette

i dont think the Easter 1916 thing comes into it at all regarding Yeats. maybe on the history exam...



we didnt even do that poem when we were studying Yeats.
aah well

Raphael

It wouldn;t really come up because of that, the onlt connection between Yeats and 1916 is "Easter 1916". He wasn't involved in it, and only a small part of his poetry on the course deals with it.

Sawa

Raphael wrote:

It wouldn;t really come up because of that, the onlt connection between Yeats and 1916 is "Easter 1916". He wasn't involved in it, and only a small part of his poetry on the course deals with it.

Im going to do,
Bishop
Longley

(I semi- know those two)
Plath
Yeats

Eliot(really dont wanna even try and learn Prufrock!)

How are you to answer on Yeats really?! I like his poetry, but I wouldn't know WHERE to start on a question on him! What type of questions are there on Yeats?

GretchenWieners

Bishop
Plath
Yeats
Longley

Hoping a general question on Plath comes up, like in my pre!!!! Got a B1 in my answer and all, paper 1 brought me down!!! I'm saying prayers this all goes well!!!

bunty_singh

Glazun wrote:

Plath / Bishop could be on, but there's no guarantee that they will, of course, feminists will have a field day if they arent.

hahahahha!!!

bunty_singh

deisedolly wrote:

I'm studying Hopkins, Plath, Bishop and maybe Donne or Longley I don't know!
I hate Donne but I want to use him as my backup if Hopkins doesn't come up, but eurgh I dunno!

And I know if I'm studying Longley that I should study Yeats as a backup but christ I hate Yeats aswell!

Here's hoping for the ladys this year!

Yeats isn't that bad. Read his poem "The Second Coming" Fcuking scary stuff.

Raphael

Sawa wrote:

Im going to do,
Bishop
Longley

(I semi- know those two)
Plath
Yeats

Eliot(really dont wanna even try and learn Prufrock!)

How are you to answer on Yeats really?! I like his poetry, but I wouldn't know WHERE to start on a question on him! What type of questions are there on Yeats?

Personal response, the themes I like in his poetry are X, Y and Z

bunty_singh

Se&#225 wrote: »

is anyone learning the poems? i got an a2 in the mocks (well 89%..) and i didnt learn them off

I'm not learning them. I'm understanding them. Well, understanding the ones that I feel a connection with and therefore, I can write well about the.

Besides, you just need quotes on the poems. Whatever is significant and stands out to you and means something to you - you quote it.

Particle-Boy

GretchenWieners wrote:

Bishop
Plath
Yeats
Longley

Hoping a general question on Plath comes up, like in my pre!!!! Got a B1 in my answer and all, paper 1 brought me down!!! I'm saying prayers this all goes well!!!

I'm doing exactly the same as you so.. *fingers crossed!!!*

belinea06

i used to think yeats would come up with the 1916 but now i found that yeats is on again next year and he came up last year so i dont think he will. longley hasnt come up since 2002 and isnt on next year so i now think he is more likely to come up. donne and eliot are on next year aswell. do people think cause theyre on next year that they wont feature this year?

PrettyInPunk

I think Yeats will come up

DonaldDuck

I'd love Donne to come up,but failing that I dont mind bishop much and I'll learn plath for the sake of women poets being a near gaurentee

Inglorious

I recommend studying Plath, Bishop, Hardy and Longley.
It is 99% that either Plath or Bishop will come up.
I dont think Hardy has ever come up, so he's quite likely.
Its almost certain that either Longley or Yeats will come up, and since Yeats was up last year Longley is most likely this year.
These four are all quite easy to write about also.

Hope that helped.

bunty_singh

Inglorious wrote:

I recommend studying Plath, Bishop, Hardy and Longley.
It is 99% that either Plath or Bishop will come up.
I dont think Hardy has ever come up, so he's quite likely.
Its almost certain that either Longley or Yeats will come up, and since Yeats was up last year Longley is most likely this year.
These four are all quite easy to write about also.

Hope that helped.

Why is it almost certain that Longley or Yeats will come up?

Why isn't it 99% certain??

(people have been telling me it's not certain and I'm about to crack)

funky penguin

My god....how can you feel safe just studying 4 or 5 poets? I studied 8 for my exam and still felt inadequate! :eek:

I remember hoping Hopkins would come up.....but he didn't

Inglorious

bunty_singh wrote:

Why is it almost certain that Longley or Yeats will come up?

Why isn't it 99% certain??

(people have been telling me it's not certain and I'm about to crack)

An Irish poet has always come up. Yeats and Longley are the two Irish poets on our course.
Its possible that they'll change the trend this year, but its highly unlikely.

Mellifluous

god I hope Longley comes up... he's just great, I love his beard!
Yeats came up last year... and Longley didn't, so there's probably a better chance of Longley... I hope

michelle_ie

eck im stressing now... im repeating and all the poets are different and they did them all in class last year so im stuck with trying to do them myself and its horrible....

ive honestly just studied yeats and longley and according to Leeson street the poets suppose to come up and Longley,Yeats,Bishop and Hardy???
am i taken too much of a risk>????

:|

funky penguin wrote:

My god....how can you feel safe just studying 4 or 5 poets? I studied 8 for my exam and still felt inadequate! :eek:

I remember hoping Hopkins would come up.....but he didn't

5 is totally safe, you cant be caught out :cool:

YeAh!

I completely agree. Its better to know 5 poets perfectly rather than half-knowing 8 poets!

ahsurewhynot

I love longley, like hes one of the few poets whose stuff doesnt smack of pretentiousness, but tbh i kinda hope yeats comes up, because you do far better if you get stuff about technique in. And theres loads to say about yeats technique-refrains, alliteration, onomatopoeia etc-whereas loingleys a bit too straightforward

tinka

bishop and longley haven't come up since 2002. yeats came up last year, along with eliot. plath came up in 2003 and 2004. i'm doing bishop, longley and hardy and hoping for the best!

Yeats has only been up last year though..

Longley was on the Sample Paper, the next year, and the next year

so it's just as likely that the could put Yeats up two years in a row..

ThrownAway

Actually, just take a step back and think about it.

They don't have to do anything except pick four poets
They don't have to pick a female poet
They don't have to pick an Irish poet

For all we know they could be picking them from a hat every year.
Who's going to complain..

'''OOOOooh ye didn't make a female poet question in the LC 2006 SEXISTSSS''

To which the board of education would reply

''SO SUE US''

funky penguin

YeAh! wrote:

I completely agree. Its better to know 5 poets perfectly rather than half-knowing 8 poets!

/me waggles finger

I'll have you know I studied all my poets to a high standard!

Of course, I hardly remember any now. Hopkins is the only one that has really sticked. Probably because I enjoy his poetry so much......

"I caught this morning morning’s minion, king-
dom of daylight’s dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon..". Brilliant stuff.

ThrownAway

funky penguin wrote:

Of course, I hardly remember any now. Hopkins is the only one that has really sticked. Probably because I enjoy his poetry so much......

"I caught this morning morning’s minion, king-
dom of daylight’s dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon..". Brilliant stuff.

I love him too yay another Hopkins fan

C'mmmmoon Hopkins

PrettyInPunk

Deleted User wrote:

Yeats has only been up last year though..

Longley was on the Sample Paper, the next year, and the next year

so it's just as likely that the could put Yeats up two years in a row..

he deffo wil.

Rob30888

PrettyInPunk wrote:

he deffo wil.

They've put a number of poet's on two years in a row, so it's quite feasible Yeats will come up

Particle-Boy

Hmm. I had the weirdest dream last night that told me to do Longley... I will be like.. "oooh" if he really comes up.
Regardless I am doing him over Yeats now.

PrettyInPunk

Rob30888 wrote:

They've put a number of poet's on two years in a row, so it's quite feasible Yeats will come up

i know thats what i said?that he will deffo be on it?

michelle_ie

look at past papers...
longley and bishop both came up in 2001 and 2002

they havent been up since..

i dont no i think they might throw two irish poets on there and bishop and hardy..

:|

Particle-Boy wrote:

Hmm. I had the weirdest dream last night that told me to do Longley... I will be like.. "oooh" if he really comes up.
Regardless I am doing him over Yeats now.

jaysus thats like something out of the bible:D

bunty_singh

I don't think that they would have a year where the two irish poets will not come up at all.

Orizio

Basicallymy teacher said Hardy is an almost certainty,with Longley and Bishop the likeliest after that.