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With reference to 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree', explain how Yeats uses language, structure and poetic technique to convey meaning.

The Lake Isle of Innisfree is one of Yeats’ earliest poems, written while he was living in London. The author later admitted that the Isle of Innisfree was inspired by an island of the same name in County...

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What structure should I use for A-level English essays?

So, very similar to GCSE, the essay should be split into three main sections: introduction, body and conclusion. When answering the question, the number one key is to engage with, and analyse the question...

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Q: Choose a poet who reflects on the idea of change. Show how the poet explores the subject in one or more of his/her poems, and explain to what extent your appreciation of the subject is deepened.

(P) Heaney is convincing in his use of the extended metaphor, which brings to life his observation that childhood innocence must give way to adult realism. Just as the berries in...

Answered by Callum H. English tutor
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How does Wilde use language and imagery to set the scene in the first two paragraphs of Chapter One of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray?'

The setting Wilde describes is a decadent paradise, formed of a mixture of the beauty of nature and the beauty of man-made objects, the relative merits of which he will interrogate throughout The Pict...

Answered by Callum L. English tutor
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'Until they think warm days will never cease': Discuss the ways in which Keats presents the passage of time in 'To Autumn'

AS and A Level question papers often encourage students closely to study the language, imagery, and verse form of the text in question. In helping my tutee answer this, I would ensure that these technique...

Answered by Seamus L. English tutor
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