Delicacy/ instability– paper is thinned and damaged by use, buildings are damaged by the elements, and human life is fragile. Armistice Sunday began in Britain after the end of the First World War as a way of remembering all those who had died in the war. It has since grown into a national act of remembrance for all those who have fought and died in wars. Content

For example, writing “Browning writes the poem in the form of a dramatic monologue” will not get you a mark. However, writing “Browning uses the form of a dramatic monologue to show the level of control the Duke has over his late duchess, even in death, as no one else has the opportunity to speak” will Garland uses relatively natural language that we might use every day. There are still some important literary techniques to highlight the pilot’s experiences and the thoughts of his daughter. The poem has one 19 line stanza all in blank verse (lines that do not rhyme and have 5 beats per line). Blank verse makes poetry follow the style of natural spoken English, so it is as if the poet is talking directly to us. Language

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Make sure you read the question and highlight the focus. Then, decide on which poem you can make most links with the poem given to you on the paper You link a huge range of references together, for a very high AO1 references mark. Examiners love a semantic field! They are also linked to an interpretation of the mother, for a high AO2 mark. The writing is continuous, with no stanzas. Wordsworth uses lots of punctuation to help the reader ‘break up the poem’. Although only an extract from the main poem, this section is a full story in itself.

The first structure repeats ‘dem tell me’ and covers the white version of history taught when he was a child. This structure has lots of rhyme – with rhyming couplets, triplets and quatrains throughout. The tone in this structure is angry and rebellious. Power – This poem is all about power. The Duke is powerful in society and has a big ego because of that. Browning implies that he demonstrated his own personal power and control in his family life by killing his wife. How the power of nature ultimately always outlasts human power, whether individual or via an institutionRemembrance/ grieving process–poppies symbolise remembrance and the dove symbolises peace. The reader gets a clear sense of the mother’s pain and loss. Owen includes alliteration and assonance to great effect in the poem. For example the repeated ’s’ sound in, “Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence”, reflects the sound of bullets whizzing past the soldiers. Assonance appears in the third stanza with the repeated ‘o’ sound, “soak… know… grow”. The length of the ‘o’ sounds could be interpreted to emphasise the monotonous nature of life in the trenches. The failings of institutions of power, such as the monarchy, the church and the government, in doing their jobs properly and protecting the people they are meant to serve Owen creates a number of important images for the reader, showing us in vivid detail the horrific nature of his experience. In the second stanza Owen describes the “mad gusts tugging on the wire, like twitching agonies of men among the brambles”. Here he personifies the gusts of wind. He uses a simile to liken the sound of the wind on barbed wire to soldiers in agony. This is very emotive and even upsetting for the reader, transporting us onto the front line.

Through this poem Rumens is showing the reader the power that places can have over people and how we can feel forever associated with a place. Form and Structure London is written in a very regular way and resembles a song. Each of the four stanzas offers a snapshot of an aspect of life in the city. Rhyme This form holds for nine out of ten stanzas. The final stanza changes quite abruptly though to one line in length. This really emphasises the final line, ‘turned into your skin’, showing the connection between paper and skin (and therefore life). Language and imagery

Brilliant – you have a convincing reason to mention this structure, as it is leading to really interesting interpretations of the mother. So this earns a high AO3 mark.