Please note: You should understand all the poems, as any of them could appear in your exam. However, you only need to memorise key quotes and concepts from your "Fab Four" cluster.
2024: Compare how poets present the ways people are affected by conflict in ‘Kamikaze’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’.
2023: Compare how poets present the effects of power in ‘My Last Duchess’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’.
2022: Compare how poets present ideas about conflict in ‘Bayonet Charge’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’.
2021: Compare how poets present ideas about power and control in ‘London’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’.
2020: Compare how poets present the ways people are affected by difficult experiences in ‘Remains’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’.
2019: Compare how poets present the ways that people are affected by war in ‘War Photographer’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’.
2018: Compare how poets present ideas about power in ‘Ozymandias’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’.
2017: Compare how poets present the effects of war in ‘Bayonet Charge’ and in one other poem from ‘Power and conflict’.
Now that you've revised the poems, use the links below to help you revise on how to effectively analyse and compare poems. You will need to write an extensive response which critically evaluates the poems on their Structure, Language, Imagery, Meaning, and Effect (use the acronym SLIME to help you remember all these).
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