IB English - Individual Oral - Zooming In 2.0 with Poetry

Here is another video teaching how to zoom in to the literary extract...this time with poetry.

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How to Zoom In

Sentence Stems

Link to poem and recordings:

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[shaunpat]

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[lajtmaster]

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[Sriamsh]

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[aaditmital]

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[RainHunters]

How many lines should a poem be to be considered long enough for the literary extract? For a novel extract, it should be 20-40, and I want to use a poem that is only 10 lines. Would this be considered enough, or should I opt for a longer poem (though it seems like this shorter poem is the best option in terms of zooming in and connecting it with my GI).

[tahooraamiri]

Hello, I have a question regarding English lit in IB. Will it be problematic for me if I chose English lit SL as a non-native english speaker? Because I live in a foreign country and the only options that I have are english or their language or I could chose my mother tongue which will be self-taught (I'm not really good at it and I prefer english over my native language. However my english level is B2-C1).
Thank you!

[Roro-wbbc]

Do you need a topic statement at the start

[camilapena]

How can you effectively zoom out when the body of work you are dealing with is a poetry anthology?

[Roro-wbbc]

Should we also summarise the poem or extract

[ashmitarora]

Hello, I feel like somethings not quite right with my GI, "Society's apathy towards others' suffering". Could you help me out here please?

[yulli]

hello! I have a small question, the poem I wanted to use exceeds the suggested 40 lines, in this case should I only choose/cut a section of 40 lines within the poem and leave the rest out? or should I analyze and present the whole poem?

[neyamhabib]

Hi, I wanted to ask about zooming out on poetry because I was thinking on if I should start my first poem saying something that is present throughout the whole poem. For instance, "throughout the poem, the poet uses imagery to describe the horrors of the war." and then later I transition to "the poet uses a metaphor in line 4"