Post by Daniel on Jan 1, 2010 14:53:46 GMT -5
The Exam
Is worth 35% of your final score
Consists of two sections: Section A and Section B
Section A : Analysing an Unseen Poem
Section B : Answering ONE essay question on a book from your choice
This exam is open-book. This means you will be allowed to use your text-books and the notes you’ve made. However, I will check every text books and anyone found to have essay plans or essays in their book will fail the exam.
Section A: Analysing an Unseen Poem
Whilst there are many valid approaches to discussing a poem, I think the important categories that you should try to talk about are as follows:
Historical Context
Content
Form and Poetic Techniques
Section b: Essay question
You will be asked to choose an essay questionbased on the following list of texts and answer appropriately:
Beowulf
The Miller’s Tale
Othello
Gulliver’s Travels.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Romantic Poetry
Pride and Prejudice.
The Poetry of Philip Larkin
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Oliver Twist
A Paradise Lost
Philip Larkin (1922 – 1985)
One of the most famous poets of the 20th century
Was writing in the century of two World Wars and
post war depression.
Many of his poems, and indeed, many poems written between 1910 and 1970 are characterised by pessimism, decay and sadness.
As Bad as a Mile
Watching the shied core
Striking the basket, skidding across the floor,
Shows less and less of luck, and more and more
Of failure spreading back up the arm
Earlier and earlier, the unraised hand calm,
The apple unbitten in the palm
A Study of Reading Habits
When getting my nose in a book
Cured most things short of school,
It was worth ruining my eyes
To know I could still keep cool,
And deal out the old right hook
To dirty dogs twice my size.
Later, with inch-thick specs,
Evil was just my lark:
Me and my coat and fangs
Had ripping times in the dark.
The women I clubbed with sex!
I broke them up like meringues.
Don't read much now: the dude
Who lets the girl down before
The hero arrives, the chap
Who's yellow and keeps the store
Seem far too familiar. Get stewed:
Books are a load of crap.
Is worth 35% of your final score
Consists of two sections: Section A and Section B
Section A : Analysing an Unseen Poem
Section B : Answering ONE essay question on a book from your choice
This exam is open-book. This means you will be allowed to use your text-books and the notes you’ve made. However, I will check every text books and anyone found to have essay plans or essays in their book will fail the exam.
Section A: Analysing an Unseen Poem
Whilst there are many valid approaches to discussing a poem, I think the important categories that you should try to talk about are as follows:
Historical Context
Content
Form and Poetic Techniques
Section b: Essay question
You will be asked to choose an essay questionbased on the following list of texts and answer appropriately:
Beowulf
The Miller’s Tale
Othello
Gulliver’s Travels.
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Romantic Poetry
Pride and Prejudice.
The Poetry of Philip Larkin
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Oliver Twist
A Paradise Lost
Philip Larkin (1922 – 1985)
One of the most famous poets of the 20th century
Was writing in the century of two World Wars and
post war depression.
Many of his poems, and indeed, many poems written between 1910 and 1970 are characterised by pessimism, decay and sadness.
As Bad as a Mile
Watching the shied core
Striking the basket, skidding across the floor,
Shows less and less of luck, and more and more
Of failure spreading back up the arm
Earlier and earlier, the unraised hand calm,
The apple unbitten in the palm
A Study of Reading Habits
When getting my nose in a book
Cured most things short of school,
It was worth ruining my eyes
To know I could still keep cool,
And deal out the old right hook
To dirty dogs twice my size.
Later, with inch-thick specs,
Evil was just my lark:
Me and my coat and fangs
Had ripping times in the dark.
The women I clubbed with sex!
I broke them up like meringues.
Don't read much now: the dude
Who lets the girl down before
The hero arrives, the chap
Who's yellow and keeps the store
Seem far too familiar. Get stewed:
Books are a load of crap.
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