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Poetry conflict

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This document provides guidance for answering an exam question comparing how poets present ideas of national division in two poems, "Flag" and another from the Conflict poetry collection. It outlines a perceptive approach, identifying the key theme of national division and comparing how the poets use language and structure to reflect their attitudes towards creating divisions between people and the damage that can cause. Students are instructed to choose a language or structural feature from each poem, analyze its link to the theme, explain its effect, and evaluate how effectively it expresses the poet's feelings on national division.

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Conflict Cluster Poetry 2015 36 marks 45 minutes
Practice Questions: • Compare the ways the poets present ideas about national division in ‘Flag’ and one other poem from Conflict • Compare the ways poets present feelings of loss in ‘The Falling Leaves’ and one other poem from Conflict • Compare the ways poets present divided societies in ‘The Right Word’ and one other poem from Conflict
Compare the ways the poets present ideas about national division in ‘Flag’ and one other poem from Conflict 1. Choose a poem to compare to 2. Identify key theme AKA national division
Compare ‘Flag’ and ‘At the Border Introduction Both ‘Flag’ by John Agard and ‘At the Border’ by C.H. explore ideas about national division in their poems. Most notably, they both explore the idea that nationalism is an abstract idea and that nations are merely imagined communities. Both poems seem to criticize the damage that creating such divisions between people can lead to. In each poem, language, form and structure are used to reflect the poet’s attitudes. Why is this perceptive? Because – I have gone beyond the obvious and put the theme into context. I have also mentioned the poet’s attitudes towards the issue they explore (the question) Key Theme
Perceptive Language Comparison 1. Select a language feature which links to the key theme (national division) 2. Support with evidence 3. Explain effect on reader 4. Explore possible interpretations 5. Take a word from your quotation and explore even further – linking to the key theme 6. Link the use of the language feature/word back to the key theme and evaluate how effective it is at expressing the poet’s feelings 7. Compare to a language feature in another poem 8. Repeat stages 1-6 with second poem
Perceptive Structural Comparison 1. Select a structural feature which links to the key theme (national division) 2. Support with evidence or reference 3. Explain effect on reader 4. Explore possible interpretations 5. Link the use of the structural feature back to the key theme and evaluate how effective it is at expressing the poet’s feelings 6. Compare to a structural feature in another poem 7. Repeat stages 1-5 with second poem
Another point of comparison on either language, structure or form

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  • 2. Practice Questions: • Compare the ways the poets present ideas about national division in ‘Flag’ and one other poem from Conflict • Compare the ways poets present feelings of loss in ‘The Falling Leaves’ and one other poem from Conflict • Compare the ways poets present divided societies in ‘The Right Word’ and one other poem from Conflict
  • 3. Compare the ways the poets present ideas about national division in ‘Flag’ and one other poem from Conflict 1. Choose a poem to compare to 2. Identify key theme AKA national division
  • 4. Compare ‘Flag’ and ‘At the Border Introduction Both ‘Flag’ by John Agard and ‘At the Border’ by C.H. explore ideas about national division in their poems. Most notably, they both explore the idea that nationalism is an abstract idea and that nations are merely imagined communities. Both poems seem to criticize the damage that creating such divisions between people can lead to. In each poem, language, form and structure are used to reflect the poet’s attitudes. Why is this perceptive? Because – I have gone beyond the obvious and put the theme into context. I have also mentioned the poet’s attitudes towards the issue they explore (the question) Key Theme
  • 5. Perceptive Language Comparison 1. Select a language feature which links to the key theme (national division) 2. Support with evidence 3. Explain effect on reader 4. Explore possible interpretations 5. Take a word from your quotation and explore even further – linking to the key theme 6. Link the use of the language feature/word back to the key theme and evaluate how effective it is at expressing the poet’s feelings 7. Compare to a language feature in another poem 8. Repeat stages 1-6 with second poem
  • 6. Perceptive Structural Comparison 1. Select a structural feature which links to the key theme (national division) 2. Support with evidence or reference 3. Explain effect on reader 4. Explore possible interpretations 5. Link the use of the structural feature back to the key theme and evaluate how effective it is at expressing the poet’s feelings 6. Compare to a structural feature in another poem 7. Repeat stages 1-5 with second poem
  • 7. Another point of comparison on either language, structure or form