Compare the ways poets present power in ‘Ozymandias’ and in one other poem from Power and Conflict.
Let’s talk about a comparison question. How do you approach an essay question like the one above?
Remember the assessment criteria:
The exams will measure how students have achieved the following assessment objectives.
- AO1: Read, understand and respond to texts. Students should be able to:
- maintain a critical style and develop an informed personal response
- use textual references, including quotations, to support and illustrate interpretations.
- AO2: Analyse the language, form and structure used by a writer to create meanings and effects, using relevant subject terminology where appropriate.
- AO3: Show understanding of the relationships between texts and the contexts in which they were written.
- AO4: Use a range of vocabulary and sentence structures for clarity, purpose and effect, with accurate spelling and punctuation.
Which poem will you select for comparison with Ozymandias?
Your choice depends upon your insight into Ozymandias. What’s it about? What transferable principle can you derive that connects with another one on your list? Discuss.
Here’s an example, using Exposure. The connecting point is the power of nature as compared to the power of humanity. Can you think of other poems that might work here?
Prelude (extract)? Another?
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