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Unseen poetry (Component 02, Section A part a)
Quick questions on Analysing an unseen poem: a fast, reliable reading method for the OCR comparison - OCR GCSE English Literature
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What is no central idea?Show answer
Without a thesis the answer drifts; decide what the poem is about before you analyse its methods.
What is q1?Show answer
Why read the unseen poem twice before writing? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Why do two or three details analysed deeply beat a long list? [2 marks]
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