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’Rendezvous’ by Alan Seeger is not unfailingly positive about the war, but does romanticise it. The idea of the speaker ‘hav[ing] a rendezvous with Death’ clearly presents the fact that many soldiers beli...

The disintegration of honesty begins with Lear’s abdication. In challenging his daughters to proclaim their limitless love for him, Shakespeare foregrounds honesty, immediately placing it in sharp content...

To achieve top-level marks in English Literature A-level, you need to have an awareness of the five Learning Objectives, or key skills, that the examiners are looking for. These include, in my own words: ...

The form and structure is a critical aspect of any poem, but one which students typically find hard to analyse in a way which is relevant to the question asked. However to ignore this aspect of poetry in ...

For English Literature exams and coursework, some exam boards may include incorporation of context in their marking criteria. This is certainly the case at A Level, and perhaps to a lesser extent at GCSE....