1. How to plan an answer for ‘Power of Conflict’ Poetry: Four Steps
STEP 1: Find a comparable poem for the question. What are their similarities? STEP 2: Find the differences between the poems. STEP 3: Set your argument in your introduction STEP 4: Decide which is better for your conclusion.

2. How to plan an answer for ‘Power of Conflict’ Poetry: Four Steps Explore the ways the poets present identity in ‘bayonet charge’ and one other poem from power and conflict
3. Set your argument: Introduction
Identity --- conflict to preserve/empower identity
Both show ---- loss
While one’s presents individual, fear --- other shows collective, brave
Expose harsh realities of war conflict – WW1/parental experience
1. Find the similarities
Bayonet --- ‘dehumanised’ (title)
Personal experience
Charge of the light brigade – loss identity (dehumanised) ‘jaws of Death’/collective noun ‘six hundred
father
2. Find the differences
BC: Individual --- ‘terror’s touchy dynamite’ --- alliteration/personification (first person narrative – first hand account)
Reality of being consumed by conflict
CLB: Collective (harsh realities war ---- unity/satire ‘brave’ ‘hero’ --- killed) (third person – parents, the painful traumatic impacts that conflict has on children, conflicted hero or a victim)
Identity is transformed into becoming heroic – ironic, the poet was mocking this in reflect on his father’s experiences
4. Evaluate which is better: Conclusion
- Charge of the Light Brigade – more effective as the language is more subtle/satirising

3. PLANNING ANSWERS FOR POETRY
Explore the ways the poets present the power of humans in ‘Ozymandias’ and one other poem from power and conflict.
Explore the ways the poets present the effects of conflict in ‘Remains’ and one other poem from power and conflict.
Explore the ways the poets present the power of nature in ‘The Prelude’ and one other poem from power and conflict.
Explore the ways the poets present the power of nature in ‘Storm on the Island’ and one other poem from power and conflict.
Explore the ways the poets present the reality of conflict in ‘Poppies’ and one other poem from power and conflict.

4. PLANNING ANSWERS FOR POETRY
Explore the ways the poets present individual experiences in ‘Exposure’ and one other poem from power and conflict.
Explore the ways the poets present the reality of conflict in ‘The Prelude’ and one other poem from power and conflict
Explore the ways the poets present pride in ‘Oyzmandias ’ and one other poem from power and conflict
Explore the ways the poets present fear in ‘The Prelude’ and one other poem from power and conflict
Explore the ways the poets present memory in ‘My Last Duchess’ and one other poem from power and conflict.
Explore the ways the poets present guilt in ‘War Photographer’ and one other poem from power and conflict
Explore the ways the poets present loss and absence in ‘London’ and one other poem from power and conflict