English Poets

sikes · 29-05-2003 1:50pm #1

just wonderin what poets you guys are doing in english

I am doing

Heaney
Frost
Plath
Mahon

and briefly Hopkins.

I think Heaney will def. come up along with Plath.

I hate english so much just looking for a C and then i will be happy!!

only 6 days agh!

cartman · 29-05-2003 1:55pm

im just doin plath

if heaney comes up i will pass on him but if plath comes up ill ace it like in d mocks..

dont talk to me bout 6days i cant study im afraid i might fail now:/

cant even learn my regions in Geography..

Ohh heard a tip that France is 99% comin up..

cartman

sikes · 29-05-2003 2:25pm

i have learned france so hopefully!?

Everyone is tipping plath. The logic behind it is that there are only 2 female on our course. PLath and Bishop

Bishop came up the last two years and they can't be sexist so PLath it is!!

Sundy · 29-05-2003 4:20pm

well im goin wit 5 to be sure:
Heaney
WB Yeats
Plath
Frost
Hopkins(even though he is a gimp)

nesthead · 29-05-2003 5:51pm

im just doin yeats and heaney cuz theyre easy, then Plath cuz i heard shes a hot pick for this year

Dont be at yourself · 29-05-2003 5:51pm

Heaney
Yeats
Plath
Mahon

And some Frost, if I have the time. If Yeats comes up I'm going to squeal with delight.

ferdi · 29-05-2003 5:51pm

thet are all gimps

heaney
plath
yeates
mahon(sort of)

to be honest, if heaney or yeates dont come up i'm ****ed

Duffman · 29-05-2003 6:02pm

-Heaney
-Plath
-Yeats
-Mahon

tbh I need Heaney or Plath... a nice "write a personal response" question perhaps...

Hrm... how many poems by each are you doing?

radiospan · 31-05-2003 10:32am

- Heaney
- Yeats
- Frost
- (maybe Hopkins)

We didn't do Plath or Mahon in school, and they seem to be everyones tip. :mad:

I'm doing 7 or 8 Heaney poems and about the same for Yeats.

Sangre · 31-05-2003 10:44am

Originally posted by sikes
i have learned france so hopefully!?

Bishop came up the last two years and they can't be sexist so PLath it is!!

Picking her just because she is female is of coarse sexist against the men, I doubt the department has that logic.

-mahon
-heaney
-Yeats
-Plath/Frost (not 2 sure about these ones)

honeymonster · 31-05-2003 10:56am

Does anyone have any sample answers to the poetry questions please?

PHB · 31-05-2003 11:31am

The next cycle is always slow in June, so the department has to pick a woman, otherwise it will be called sexist.
Why?
Thats the way thew orld works

Im doing

Yeats
Heaney
Frost
Mahon
Plath

Im doing 5 perfectly, after getting screwed in the mocks.

Sangre · 31-05-2003 11:39am

You honestly think that they will be called sexist if they dont put a woman on the 2003 LC? She is on the course, isnt that enough?

sikes · 31-05-2003 12:00pm

Put it this way, i would be willing to put €100 on that plath will come up!!

Regards

cartman · 31-05-2003 12:02pm

Sangre in the new course a chick has to come up every year:)
99%plath will come hopefully itll be a personal response..

PHB · 31-05-2003 12:09pm

Look, the news cycle is really slowin the month of june.
The last thing the department wants is "ENGLISH PAPER WAS SEXIST" on the front of the sun.
Capice?
Tis the way the world works im afriad.
[I wonder if I spelt that right]

Shane · 31-05-2003 12:48pm

I'm doing;

- Plath
- Heaney
- Frost
- Hopkins

Not gonna get bogged down in it though, poetry is only 50 marks (10+%). You can get half those marks without any quotes, just waffle away.

Anyway, poetry is simple. No matter how many ways they twist it, you can only be asked one question on the day - Your understanding of the poem, and how you came to that understanding!

31-05-2003 4:49pm

Im doing:

-Donne (wierd, noone picked him)
-Mahon
-Frost
-Plath
-Heany
-Yeats (Never liked him)

Sangre · 31-05-2003 9:15pm

Plath might come up, but not because she is a woman.
Bishop came up the last to years anyway.

Are any of you thinking straight? Can you imagine reading the papers.
'English paper was sexist becuase this year a woman didnt come up....(but one did the other years)!'
Pathetic, no one will ever print that, or agree with it.

sikes · 31-05-2003 9:31pm

Think of the crap the tabloids print. I'd say they would def. mention it.

Come on plath come up!!

Squall · 31-05-2003 10:03pm

Plath
Yeats
Heaney
Donne

And maybe one more, depends on how i feel

wiensta · 31-05-2003 10:50pm

Donne
Plath
and a minimum of heaney

Sev · 01-06-2003 12:29pm

Mahon
Plath
Heaney
Yeats
Donne

Mewzel · 01-06-2003 8:14pm

Plath
Heaney
Hopkins
Yeats
Mahon

and a teeny bit of bishop and of frost

Shane · 01-06-2003 8:29pm

STOP THIS NOW!!!

Does anyone realise how useless this has become? Every poet on the course has been mentioned. So, with this in mind let's announce the most popular, ie. most likely!

1. Plath
2. Heaney
3. Frost
4. Mahon

Now there!

sikes · 01-06-2003 8:59pm

yeah i think you are right

Plath
Heaney
Mahon
Frost

I reckon 2 maybe 3 of these will come up.only 60 hours to go!!!

sionnach · 01-06-2003 9:13pm

Im staying away from heaney TOTALLY. I just think too many ppl answer on him. Hopkins and Yeats r my main men.... and i just dont like answering frost questions.........

Celtic Tiger · 01-06-2003 9:17pm

only 60 hours to go!!!

Ok now I'm panicking lol

PHB · 01-06-2003 9:17pm

I'd kill anyone of you for a plath personal response essay

leavingcert2003 · 02-06-2003 7:13pm

Me too. Come on please someone whos good at english post up a personal response. Please. I am desperate.

tjw · 02-06-2003 8:10pm

Can you use info (even briefly) in your essay other the poems i.e in plath's case bel jar.I know their is room for biographical info but what about other "outside" sources other poems and works?

qwertyup · 02-06-2003 9:47pm

If you want to mention something in passing, say a similarity in one poem to a theme or mood conveyed within another work, such as Heaney's North, go ahead. Just remember you will get no marks for analysis of texts and poems which are outside the remit of the LC syllabus. Stick to what is on it, and do that well.

02-06-2003 11:08pm

Originally posted by PHB
I'd kill anyone of you for a plath personal response essay

I have a gem of a one, however I am ignorant to the ways of posting it to the board and im not typing out pages of essay.

Captain Planet · 03-06-2003 9:00am

Something tells me they havent put the most popular poets on the paper being as they are, servants of Satan, so I would expect (Plath, Donne, Hopkins, Frost) Either way if Plath or Heaney do come up and you can answer on another poet-DO! They will be on the point of puking when they correct their millionth Plath/Heaney answer.

PHB · 03-06-2003 9:39am

No I have one too, but I want it to come up on the paper

Dont do something just for the sake of being different.

If you can get an A in a Plath essay and only a C/B in a Frost essay dont do frost just to be different, do what you're best at.

CuLT · 03-06-2003 11:26am

Hopkins all teh way babeh, well, in depth anyway, the rest will follow.

eirebhoy · 03-06-2003 12:00pm

Originally posted by cartman
dont talk to me bout 6days i cant study im afraid i might fail now:/

cant even learn my regions in Geography..

Ohh heard a tip that France is 99% comin up..

cartman

Where did you here that? Does a regional division Question Come up every year?

DSMe · 03-06-2003 5:46pm

well , i just did a plath personal response there now , if u want it il try and get it 2 u if u pm me

Bottle_of_Smoke · 03-06-2003 10:02pm

Donne has to come up, him and hopkins are the two older style poets, hopkins on the course next year donne isnt.

Too little, too late!

sikes · 04-06-2003 5:20pm

as expected Plath and Heaney cam up. Sweet.

I answered on Frost cos i knew everyone would do plath in my school and also i have just looked over an essay!!!

ella minnow pea · 04-06-2003 5:27pm

hey dats what i did sikes damn you

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