What poets do you wan to come up in English this year?

decdec456

Montague for me!!!

and Keats or Walcott seem nice also

ironictoaster

Larkin and Longley.

Davidius

Well I'd love if none of them came up as I just don't understand poetry.

I'm just going to say Montague and Longley...because those are the only names I can remember being covered so far.

Pigwidgeon

mahon, but iirc he came up last year so it's doubtfull,
i wouldn't mind bishop either or longley.
think theres a good chance of bishop coming up because she's a female poet and new for this year.

Fad

Bishop, or Montague, solely because they're all ive done so far and poetry is kinda tedious.

Jello

As long as Rich doesn't come up I don't really mind. What a sh*t poet.

Gavin "shels"

Jello wrote: »

As long as Rich doesn't come up I don't really mind. What a sh*t poet.

+1

Fringe

I don't mind Rich anymore after I realised that all her poetry is just innuendo. eg Diving Into The Wreck. Doubt she'll come up though since she came up last year.

So far, Mahon would be my best but I don't think he'll come up this year. Haven't done all the poets yet so hoping I find some better ones.

K4t

Mahon is the easiest imho so I'd love if he came up, but yeah it's unlikely.

Either Montague or Longley will surely come up. They're grand also.

Piste

God I hate Larkin and everything he stands for.


I'd be really happy if either Bishop or Longley came up.

challengemaster

Montague, Mahon, Longley, Bishop, Walcott. 4 of those 5 should come up.

K4t

Guys, If you do 4 poets, is it a certainty that one of them will come up??????

Aisling(",)

anyone bar keats or rich.
all my essays on them are me complaining.got an a on one but still hate them!

JSK 252

Piste wrote: »

God I hate Larkin and everything he stands for.


I'd be really happy if either Bishop or Longley came up.

Same. I have 2 essays prepared from last year on Bishop and Longley which are A2/A1 standard.

decdec456

I assume they will mark Bishop very hard as many will have her prepared because it's naturally assumed she will be asked on and people will "try and learn off things" but we all know examiners cop that!

Piste

I dunno I'm planning on learning off essays to all the poets. Way easier that way.

JSK 252

decdec456 wrote: »

I assume they will mark Bishop very hard as many will have her prepared because it's naturally assumed she will be asked on and people will "try and learn off things" but we all know examiners cop that!

Obviously your going to have the essay mostly in your head before you go into the exam. Your not just going to slap it down on the page. You might have to adapt it to the question but you will be using 95% of what you learned off plus a bit of ingenuity on your own part.

decdec456

JSK 252 wrote: »

Obviously your going to have the essay mostly in your head before you go into the exam. Your not just going to slap it down on the page. You might have to adapt it to the question but you will be using 95% of what you learned off plus a bit of ingenuity on your own part.

yes obviously that's called answering the question properly!!!

lol

xOxSinéadxOx

I hate elizabeth bishop! raaaar

phasers

Larkin and Bishop would be nice.

lilmissprincess

Larkin, Mahon, Bishop.
I swear to god if Longley comes up I'll cry. I hate the man.

degausserxo

Mahon or Bishop. Absolutely HATE Longley.

Toto Wolfcastle

lilmissprincess wrote: »

Larkin, Mahon, Bishop.
I swear to god if Longley comes up I'll cry. I hate the man.

degausserxo wrote: »

Mahon or Bishop. Absolutely HATE Longley.

Lol my students were in groups discussing Longley today and the overwhelming opinion of most of them was that they hate him.

I really don't understand why!

JSK 252

decdec456 wrote: »

yes obviously that's called answering the question properly!!!

lol

Which was the point I was making................

JSK 252

People hate longley? WTF?

I love the mans writing. He doesnt talk bull**** in his poetry. He is direct in his approach.

Toto Wolfcastle

JSK 252 wrote: »

People hate longley? WTF?

I love the mans writing. He doesnt talk bull**** in his poetry. He is direct in his approach.

I agree completely. Also, his poetry is so easy to discuss.

decdec456

We're not doing Longley or Larkin, !!!!!!

Fantastic dyke teacher preferred doing Rich even though she came up last year anyone cos she couldn't resist the smell of feminism!

I'm glad we're not doing Longley as he seems primitive lol

andyman

Derek Mahon
John Montague
Elizabeth Bishop
Philip Larkin

All of these poets are NOT on next years course. I'd mainly focus on them plus Derek Walcott as he's the new poet for this year. We're not doing Larkin but if Mahon or Montague came up I'd actually stand up in my exam centre and do backflips.

And also remember, just because Mahon or Rich came up last year does not mean that they wont come up again this year. This paper is supposed to be unpredictable. I'm pretty sure a poet has come up in successive years as well just from glancing through the exam papers.

blue-army

K4t wrote: »

Guys, If you do 4 poets, is it a certainty that one of them will come up??????

If those 4 were the 2 Irish poets and the 2 english poets then YES.

Last year the guy on 2FM 'predicted' all 4 which came up about 2 weeks before the exam.

Jay P

John Keats anyone?! Mahon or Montague would be great

rhapsody!

Derek Walcott, I love his poems lol
Keats is too anti-social and too depressing.
It's like god take some prozac. We know you're dying and everything but still...

GERMAN ROCKS

montague is my favourite. after him bishop followed by keats. we just started walcott this week. not so bad so far. we have all the six poets covered then. i dispise longley. hate the sh*t he writes.

Stompbox

Mahon ftw

damienricefan

andyman wrote: »

Derek Mahon
John Montague
Elizabeth Bishop
Philip Larkin

All of these poets are NOT on next years course. I'd mainly focus on them plus Derek Walcott as he's the new poet for this year. We're not doing Larkin but if Mahon or Montague came up I'd actually stand up in my exam centre and do backflips.

And also remember, just because Mahon or Rich came up last year does not mean that they wont come up again this year. This paper is supposed to be unpredictable. I'm pretty sure a poet has come up in successive years as well just from glancing through the exam papers.

Poets have come up in successive years and I have a snifter of a feeling Rich may do that this year, cos she's new last year and it would be a real kick in the teeth to the Bishop prepared people

but maybe not!

getz

in the 1850s three sisters wrote poetry in a parsonage in a small village-non of them was ment to be published---the names are charlotte anne and emily bronte-all have a irish conection-farther rev patric bronte -also charlotte married a irishman--the poems are brilliant -if you do nothing else-read just one

cautioner

I hate Larkin with a passion. Longley does nothing for me. Their poems are so straightforward; my style is to make my own conclusions on what the poem is about (can't really be wrong in your interpretation of the poem, but I'm guessing it's good to say something other than what's surmised in the back of the book; I've been getting straight A's since last year in my essays) and it's just so hard to do that when it's glaringly obvious. The first Larkin poem we did was At grass and I knew immediately I'd be in trouble if this guy came up in the exam...

For me, I get the most insights out of Bishop, Keats and Rich. In particular, In the Waiting Room, Diving Into the Wreck, and When I Have Fears. If Rich comes up I will be a happy happy camper.

boobookitty

Mahon
Rich
Larkin

Because I did them last year.

marshmallow

Keats
Montague
Mahon

Hate Rich..........