Poetry! This part of the exam is called Poetry Across Time. It counts for 35% of your English Literature grade It is divided into two questions: A question (you choose one of two) about the relationships section (25%) A question about a poem you have not seen before (10%)

Assessment Objectives AO1 • respond to texts critically and imaginatively; select and evaluate relevant textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations (say intelligent things and quote!) AO2 • explain how language, structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas, themes and settings (write about word and technique choice, structure and form and why they have been chosen) AO3 • make comparisons and explain links between texts, evaluating writers’ different ways of expressing meaning and achieving effects (compare and say how effective the poems are)

Example Question Compare how poets use language to present feelings in Quickdraw and one other poem from ‘Relationships.’

Duffy uses an extended metaphor to demonstrate her feelings in Quickdraw. The speaker describes waiting for her partner to contact her as some kind of gun-fighting standoff. She has two phones on her, which suggests that she wants to be contacted, maybe because she is worried or desperate, or even as extra weapons. Duffy starts the metaphor with ‘slung from the pockets on my hips’ which sounds like the way a gunslinger in the Wild West would wear their guns. This idea is repeated throughout the poem as if the whole argument is being compared to a Western gunfight. Duffy is maybe suggesting that in an argument, lovers use words as weapons and defence from their partner. AO1 • respond to texts critically and imaginatively; select and evaluate relevant textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations (say intelligent things and quote!) AO2 • explain how language, structure and form contribute to writers’ presentation of ideas, themes and settings (write about word and technique choice, structure and form and why they have been chosen) AO3 • make comparisons and explain links between texts, evaluating writers’ different ways of expressing meaning and achieving effects (compare and say how effective the poems are)

Task Please use RED, GREEN, BLUE and PURPLE to highlight where the answer is hitting the assessment objectives.

Now Check The Markscheme To save time, this is in Band 4, 5 or 6 What mark do you give it out of 36 and why?

This is a very lively response which engages with the ideas in both poems, particularly those of ‘Quickdraw’. There is plenty of consideration of ideas and themes throughout, as well as demonstrating some thoughtful consideration of use of language and structure, particularly noticeable in the comments on rhyme in ‘In Paris With You’. The response is also fluent, which although not explicitly assessed, enables the ideas to flow into an exploratory approach. The use of embedded evidence links the use of details to interpretations of ideas clearly. The tone and deeper meanings of both poems are considered and compared, enabling some developed comparisons to be made. The student achieves all of the descriptors in band 19-24 and has in two places begun to analyse language, justifying a mark towards the bottom of 25-30. (26)

Past Questions Please fill in the sheet on Past Questions

0 7 Compare how poets use language to present feelings in ‘The Manhunt’ (page 50) and one other poem from Relationships. (36 marks) Question 8 0 8 Compare the ways poets portray emotions in ‘Nettles’ (page 63) and one other poem from Relationships. (36 marks) 0 7 Compare the ways poets explore strong feelings about another person in ‘Quickdraw’ and in one other poem from Relationships. (36 marks) OR Question 8 0 8 Compare the ways poets use language to present relationships in ‘Praise Song for My Mother’ (page 56) and in one other poem from Relationships. (36 marks) 0 7 Compare the methods poets use to explore ideas about time in ‘Hour’ (page 51) and in one other poem from Relationships. (36 marks) OR Question 8 0 8 Compare the methods poets use to present difficult relationships in ‘The Farmer’s Bride’ (page 60) and in one other poem from Relationships. (36 marks) 0 7 Compare the ways poets use structure to develop ideas about a relationship in ‘Sonnet 43’ (page 58) and one other poem from Relationships. (36 marks) OR Question 8 0 8 Compare the ways poets present a speaker’s attitudes towards another person in ‘Harmonium’ (page 57) and one other poem from Relationships. (36 marks)

Question: What will I write to score AO1 marks? What is said, implied or suggested in the poem? What are the ideas? Feelings? Themes? You may have to be specific if the questions is. What are my key quotations? (AO1) What will I say about: (AO2) language? Structure Form What are the similarities and differences between the poems (again may be question-specific)(AO3)