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A2 Unit 3: Poetry Pre-1900 and Unseen Poetry
Quick questions on Pre-1900 poetry (A2 Unit 3 Section A) - WJEC A-Level English Literature
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What is model approach?Show answer
Suppose the named poem turns on mortality. Part one reads it closely: the fixed form holds the meditation in check until a volta where the tone shifts; the metre slows at the close to enact resignation; the period diction frames death in the era's religious terms. Each point is proven from the clean copy.
What is disconnected notes in part two?Show answer
Jotting unrelated comments on several poems is not an argument; trace one concern across them.
What is bolted-on history?Show answer
Period context that does not bear on the poems wastes AO3; tie it to a reading.
What is q1?Show answer
Why is form especially worth analysing in pre-1900 poetry? [2 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
What does the second part of the question ask you to do beyond the named poem? [3 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Analyse one named poem from your set pre-1900 collection, then examine how its concerns are developed across the collection as a whole. [20 marks]
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