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English Literature
A Level

How am I meant to learn all these quotes for my wider reading exam and how am I meant to hit every objective in the limited time?

This is a very good question, and one I think is a very important question to ask. If asked well, it could be the answer to everyone's problems.  In the ‘Love Through the Ages’ paper, which is used in the...

Answered by Charles S. English Literature tutor
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Discuss ways in which Keats connects art and timelessness in ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’.

The first line of the poem immediately links the two concepts of art and eternity. The urn’s beauty is pristine, virginal. The subject of the poem, a work of sculptured art itself, is the urn. Keats the p...

Answered by Alexander G. English Literature tutor
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How many quotations do I have to know for the exam and how should I use them?

There's no set number of quotations that you need to know for the exam and, when it comes to learning them, less is definitely more. It's more important to have a small collection of quotations that you c...

Answered by Sarah E. English Literature tutor
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Comment on how the writer's use of structure, form and language shape meaning (in Edgar Allan Poe's 'Annabel Lee')

In ‘Annabel Lee’ by Edgar Allan Poe, structure is played off against language. A morbid narrative – the death of a young girl, with whom the poet is clearly infatuated – is penned in lines of verse that b...

Answered by Julius K. English Literature tutor
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Where do I start with a poem like Ezra Pound's 'In A Station of the Metro'?

When faced with a poem that challenges our very conceptions of what 'the poem' should look like, one should feel excitement as opposed to fear. It need hardly be said that Pound's central Imagist poem is ...

Answered by Daniel W. English Literature tutor
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