If you revise 4 poets...

9wetfckx43j5rg

If you revise 4 poets for tomorrow you should be sorted.

I did 5 out of 7 poets in classes. So if I revise four poets, worst case sernario only one of the four i revised will come up.

My advice is get four done and your covered

kevogy

apparently if u do bishop and rich your covered

9wetfckx43j5rg

They're not actually obliged to put on a woman, they just usually do.

Dante

I'm stuck with Longley and Keats. *PRAYS*

Claypigeon

Walcott and Bishop here.

sock puppet

Using my maths skillz that I got from studying probability there's still a 1.4% chance that none of your poets come up if you only study 4. But I'm only doing Bishop, Walcott and Longley.

edit: I could probably learn some stuff on one of the others for tomorrow. I might have a look over Rich.

9wetfckx43j5rg

I didnt do Walcott or Keats and I absoultely hate Bishop so I'm not answering any of them

9wetfckx43j5rg

Theres only 7 poets on the course, so if I study four one of them has to come up. Sorry about your probaility skills..

Kiara.

8 poets on the course, 4 come up..

Supposed to learn 4 to guarantee one comes up,

But come on you'd have to be SOOOOO unlucky if none of the 4 came up..

Im doing 4 too

Good luck!

pathway33

Marilyn Rancid Stringer wrote: »

If you revise 4 poets for tomorrow you should be sorted.

I did 5 out of 7 poets in classes. So if I revise four poets, worst case sernario only one of the four i revised will come up.

My advice is get four done and your covered

i thought there were 8 poets on the course and they ask 4 in the exam. So strictly speaking if you revise 4, you could be asked the other 4.

However if you study 4 you should be 'well covered'

stick with

walcott
keats
bishop
longley

KnifeWRENCH

You should revise at least 5. If you revise 4, there's still a chance the other 4 will come up (there are still 8 poets on the course, right?)
There's usually at least one woman and one Irish poet but it doesn't say anywhere in the curriculum that there has to be.

9wetfckx43j5rg

Ah yeah my mistake theres 8 on the course.

Out of intrest, has anyone ever done Larkin? I've never heard of anyone doing him

sock puppet

Marilyn Rancid Stringer wrote: »

Theres only 7 poets on the course, so if I study four one of them has to come up. Sorry about your probaility skills..

No there are 8. Mahon, Montague, Longley, Bishop, Rich, Walcott, Keats and Larkin.

OxfordComma

Guys, you'll be fine with three poets. Walcott and Keats are more or less guaranteed, and Bishop is highly likely.

Worst case scenario, they'll give Keats, Walcott, and replace Bishop with Rich or Longley with Montague.

In all fairness, try to imagine a paper with the following coming up:

Rich
Mahon
Larkin
Montague

... It simply ain't gonna happen.

9wetfckx43j5rg

I love Mahon

Homicidal_jesus

Marilyn Rancid Stringer wrote: »

If you revise 4 poets for tomorrow you should be sorted.

I did 5 out of 7 poets in classes. So if I revise four poets, worst case sernario only one of the four i revised will come up.

My advice is get four done and your covered

ya same wit me 2 out of the 4 came up on leaked paper so im still fairly confident about tmrw

Marilyn Rancid Stringer wrote: »

I didnt do Walcott or Keats and I absoultely hate Bishop so I'm not answering any of them

woo a fellow hater of bishop!!!thank you

Dante

1fahy4 wrote: »

In all fairness, try to imagine a paper with the following coming up:

Rich
Mahon
Larkin
Montague

... It simply ain't gonna happen.

I would be fúcked if that happened, I don't know anything about any of them! :S

Remmy

walcott and bishop im gonna go over rich and see what the story is though.

9wetfckx43j5rg

woo a fellow hater of bishop!!!thank you[/quote]

I know shes fecking rubbish!

sock puppet

Marilyn Rancid Stringer wrote: »

I love Mahon

Me too. It's a shame he came up last year. But then I also like Longley and Bishop so I might still get to do the essay on a poet I like.

Homicidal_jesus wrote: »

woo a fellow hater of bishop!!!thank you

Bishop's brilliant imo. How could anyone not like Sestina.

9wetfckx43j5rg

Im gonna do Mahon, Longley, Montague, Rich and probably have to look over Bishop just in case she comes up with the poets i've never done

9wetfckx43j5rg

sock puppet wrote: »

Me too. It's a shame he came up last year. But then I also like Longley and Bishop so I might still get to do the essay on a poet I like.



Bishop's brilliant imo. How could anyone not like Sestina.

She's talks about fish all the time :L

It feels like a girl in a poetry classes with a thesraus in hand

Davidius

I'm pretty much going to have a read over the notes on the 5 poets we studied. I think it'd be great if Montague or Bishop came up seeing as we spent the most amount of time going over their work. Wouldn't mind if Longley came up.

If Mahon and/or Rich are my only options, this will be me:

9wetfckx43j5rg

Does anyone else hate the comparative? It just feels like 2000 words of waffle to me

Claypigeon

Love the way people are studying Rich instead of Bishop now. Hah logic how are ya.

9wetfckx43j5rg

Claypigeon wrote: »

Love the way people are studying Rich instead of Bishop now. Hah logic how are ya.

How did you get on in Geo Clay?

KnifeWRENCH

Homicidal_jesus wrote: »

woo a fellow hater of bishop!!!thank you

I hated studying Bishop aswell. I refused to read "The Fish" because after a few lines it made me zzzzzzz. Luckily she didn't come up in my exam (2007) so I didn't have to answer on her. (Sylvia Plath ftw!)

smndly

Prescribed poetry is only 12.5% of ur total grade. So if the s*** hits the fan and ur poets dont come up you hopefully should be able to get 40-50% in the question anyway just from doing the poet in class so you'll only lose out on 7-8%.

QueenOfLeon

Knife-WREEENCH wrote: »

I hated studying Bishop aswell. I refused to read "The Fish" because after a few lines it made me zzzzzzz. Luckily she didn't come up in my exam (2007) so I didn't have to answer on her. (Sylvia Plath ftw!)

Ive just gone over Bishop as a backup, Longley and Walcott being the ones Im looking for. But i think if i have to write about someones absolute respect for a fish, i will burst out laughing and into tears at the same time

Homicidal_jesus

sock puppet wrote: »

Me too. It's a shame he came up last year. But then I also like Longley and Bishop so I might still get to do the essay on a poet I like.



Bishop's brilliant imo. How could anyone not like Sestina.

The poem that throws be off her entirely is Questions Of Travel cant stand it!!!

sock puppet

Looks like I'm the only one who likes her.:(

rcaz

Bishop's my favourite, I really hope she comes up. Apart from that Keats and Longley. If Keats comes up I'll be equally happy.

I really liked Larkin, too, we did him in fifth year, but he came up on last year's exam.

Permabear

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My highly elaborate and fantastical theory is that they're not going to put huge suprises on the paper (i.e. that the favourites will still be on it).

I also think things may be marked easier this year. Not just in English, but in most subjects.

My reasoning? Recession. Possible college fees. The government undoubtedly don't want people not getting into college; they don't want people on the dole. I think that they want to get as many people into college as possible. That way, if they reintroduce fees, they'll be metaphorically rolling in cash.

I did say this was highly fantastical. But, I like to think that it's true.

P.S. I'm only doing Keats (although I did Larkin last year). So, preeeeetty big gamble for me.

implausible

Marilyn Rancid Stringer wrote: »

Im gonna do Mahon, Longley, Montague, Rich and probably have to look over Bishop just in case she comes up with the poets i've never done

3 Irish poets? Good thinking. They'll probably put one of them up and a woman, so you're well covered.

sock puppet

-JammyDodger- wrote: »

My highly elaborate and fantastical theory is that they're not going to put huge suprises on the paper (i.e. that the favourites will still be on it).

I also think things may be marked easier this year. Not just in English, but in most subjects.

My reasoning? Recession. Possible college fees. The government undoubtedly don't want people not getting into college; they don't want people on the dole. I think that they want to get as many people into college as possible. That way, if they reintroduce fees, they'll be metaphorically rolling in cash.

I did say this was highly fantastical. But, I like to think that it's true.

P.S. I'm only doing Keats (although I did Larkin last year). So, preeeeetty big gamble for me.

But no matter what points people get there are still the same amount of college places. Would it make any difference if people got higher points?

sock puppet

sock puppet wrote: »

But no matter what points people get there are still the same amount of college places. Would it make any difference if people got higher points?

Yah, you're right about that.

There goes my fancy theory.

Extrasupervery

Can I get a WALCOTT?

KokaNoodles

donegalfella wrote: »

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Apparently they're kindred spirits, who wuda guessed it :eek:

KokaNoodles

Extrasupervery wrote: »

Can I get a WALCOTT?

no

OxfordComma

Extrasupervery wrote: »

Can I get a WALCOTT?

Most certainly. I hope hope HOPE he comes up. I've Bishop and Keats prepared too, and I could probably do a really half assed essay on Longley if necessary. I really don't want to have to discuss Keats. Did him in the mock=total disaster. He's completely unmanageable!

I'd actually love it in a way if all the poets from last year and Montague came up, in a way. I'd do badly, but the mass rioting as a result would be pretty damn hilarious.

happydayz182

Cant believe tbe fuss on the poets...Im looking for a high grade and Know biishop and 4 of her poems inside out...If she doesnt come up? just waffle and give a personal response on the other poets with no qoutes or anything and you could still get 20 ish marks out of 50 sure 5 marks go for mechanics! the stress about 20 ish marks which is about 5% of the paper! important but THIS importan..no

Ramey

Just Bishop for me, confident they're going to be same poets, maybe one switched, but not a big poet like Bishop.. Now I could, go and learn Rich... But that would be time I don't have, so Bishop it is! Bit of a shame really, I'll be kicking myself if she doesn't come up..

I can see her right there though turnpage-> HI BISHOPPP :pac:. So realistically, I'm not too bothered. But reading that everyone else is doing 3+ poets makes me a bit nervous. :rolleyes:

-Kenny-

1fahy4 wrote: »

In all fairness, try to imagine a paper with the following coming up:

Rich
Mahon
Larkin
Montague

... It simply ain't gonna happen.

To be honest, After the whole leaked paper thing, If the replacement paper was that their would be war, If that happened I wouldnt want to be Joe Duffy after it, His poor show would just get bombarded lol:pac:

Oh as for myself im doing Walcott and Montague as a backup

SligoBrewer

Keats.

If they don't put up a poet THAT good, I shall be repeating.;)