Clodagh Havel

So responsive answering to poetry, personal engagement, feeling the words, feeling the themes.

That's where the marks are.

So have a look at what's there and find out and put them in order.

One, two, three, four, who you would like to do because they're going to come up this year.

And does it depend on the question as well?

Yes, but all poetry questions are broken up ultimately into two things, motivation of the poet and the techniques used or favoured by that poet.

So you can have all the fancy language of the question, which will stump some students.

But if you actually breathe in.

read it, you will find the motivation part of the question and you will find the technique part of the question.

And that will actually give you a sense of, OK, I'll get my thesis from that because, you know, the question is complicating me, but I have my thesis based on that.

Timing for paper two.

Three hours, 20.

55 minutes for Shakespeare.

65 minutes for comparative.

50 minutes for prescribed.

20 for on scene.