Poetry Comparison: 4 Ways to Get Grade 9

0:00 Intro
0:45 PREPARING for the EXAM
1:20 Start with FORM and STRUCTURE
2:14 What does an ESSAY LOOK LIKE
2:55 READ THE ESSAY
3:38 Write about SEMANTIC FIELDS
5:20 Write about CONTRAST
5:50 Write about METAPHOR
6:30 SUBJECT TERMINOLOGY
7:00 "runs in blood down palace walls"
7:18 "the turbulent inrush of breakers"
7:40 CONCLUSION
8:35 HOW MUCH SHOULD YOU WRITE?
9:40 Why you need JOINED UP HANDWRITING
10:20 How students write BADLY ABOUT STRUCTURE
11:50 Why you need to write about FORM

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[georgegarrood]

bismillah there is no way any person is able to write allat in 45 mins unless ur appointed by God with the power to do so.

[Oh_HotSausage]

Used the techniques on this video and managed to get a 29/30 for the poetry essay on my most recent mocks. Including a quotation from an external source is probably one of the most important aspects to remember, the examiner will love it and go into your answer with a positive bias

[omonbroklis]

watching this the night before my exams!

[itiskwanzatime]

11:41 first time ive heard an english teacher say that

[donster]

Hi Mr Salles,
I love reading your guides and detailed analysis - I was hoping that you would create a Love and Relationships poetry guide as it would be helpful for myself among others doing their GCSEs!
Thank you so much for keeping me at a very high grade in Language and Literature and keep up the good work!!!!

[Vlogs-with-miaa]

HEY! Got English lit tomorrowwww

Update : It went SO WELL! I wrote so much and I definitely believe I passed. Thankyou for the help💗

[alicedowntherabbithole]

why did he write CAULIFLOWER at the top of his paper lol

[Draggie]

English lit poetry anthology - the exam I’m most worried about… wish us luck!

[ppaddy]

Although both 'Tissue' by Imtiaz Dharker and 'Ozymandias' by Percy Bysshe Shelley explore how power should be exercised in different ways, Dharker focuses on the importance of what holds greatest value in life - love, humanity and people, which are not found in modern consumerist societies, where the livelihoods of people are dominated by capitalism and wealth, in contrast to Shelley, who more directly warns that power should be exercised with humility, evoked in the striking description of the ruined state of a powerful figure from the past - Ramases II. While Dharker perhaps critiques the power of religious institutions and contemporary systems of government, Shelley offers a more implicit warning to powerful leaders of the present, showing that power is transcient.

Is this intro alright?

[sameermasood]

I looked at the june 2020 mark scheme and it appears that at the top band it doesnt say form and language and structure anymore, it just says fine grained and insightful analysis of methods.

[ethereal]

you are blessing sir, thank you for this video

[yeyee]

Hi Mr salles, thank you so much!for my mocks we are expected to compare 2 out of three poems:exposure, charge of the light brigade and bayonet charge.Could you please help me out, I aspire to get a grade 9 please.You’re a life saver!

[influencerinsider]

Looking at this 1 day before the exam🫣

[vraj]

Surely we need 3 clear and different ideas which show how the power is presented (differently: ie immoralities of oppressive power as 1 idea)

[Kxy]

Hi sir, just wondering how do you prepare with a poem to compare with when we don’t know the poem going to be used in the exam? What if it’s the poem you prepared with?

[amarhamadsrebooting]

Hi Mr salles
I was wondering if you can make a video based on possible questions for AIC and R+J. That would be very helpful for people doing their GCSEs. Thank you

[Dimitri_]

is it necessary to write 5 pages. Is like 2-3 pages enough

[mansageekz]

Hi sir thank you making these videos as they saved my literature grades.

What do we do if tissue comes up on wednesday?

[amaninasir]

Does anyone know where I can find a written version or guide of this whole video?

[jhs]

Hi Sir, do you think it’s ok to write on a spare sheet of paper during the exam? I always run out of space in the booklet given but my teachers have said that the invigilators might lose my sheet or that the examiner might not read the spare sheet.