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I don't know what they're hoping. They're just hoping that on the day they can wing it. Guys, don't do that. I think it's because of three reasons. Number one, I think they find it really hard. Number two, time management. But number three, guys, it's unfortunate, but it's true. They've never been taught this. And then they're expected to go do an exam. But don't worry guys, you got me. I will help you. So today guys, we're going to go over how you compare poems for the seen poetry. And tomorrow, we're going to go over how you approach the unseen poetry. So guys, let's now switch over to the board and let's go over how you compare poems in the English literature paper 2 exam. Guys, I have an app. I have an app, Everything Education. There is an app in the App Store and an app in the Play Store. So if you click the link in the description, do go and download that app. The app has almost 15,000 questions and it is updated weekly. I believe it's on the verge of becoming one of the best apps for your learning. It covers everything for English, everything for maths and everything for science. So guys, do head over to the app store or the play store and do download the everything education. So when it comes to English literature paper 2, we know that the exam is 2 hours and 15 minutes. Now you spend 45 minutes on the inspector calls and then you enter the realm of the poetry section. And for the scene poetry guys, when I say scene poetry, I'm talking about power and conflict, love and relationships, world and lives. For this section of our exam, we have 45 minutes for this question. And in these 45 minutes guys, you spend some time planning around five minutes and you're looking to write three paragraphs. That is what you are looking to produce in this part of your exam. So 45 minutes, three paragraphs. But you must make one point very very clear guys. You are looking to produce three comparative paragraphs. What that means is is that you want to compare in the same paragraph. So they're going to be quite chunky paragraphs. Now here's the mark scheme, guys, for this particular question. Now, as you can see, guys, A1 remains the same. It's 12 marks as it's always been. AO2 is 12. AO3 is six. The mark scheme, for those of you who've been watching my content for a while, the mark scheme is 99% the same as it's been for Shakespeare, as it's been for Christmas Carol, as it's been for Jacqueline Hyde, and as it's been for Inspector Calls. So, you're marked upon your reference, meaning you're marked upon your quote. You're marked upon one second, guys. You're marked upon your reference, which is your quote. You're marked upon your techniques which is language structure form. You have to explain the effect of these techniques. You have to bring in context. That's stuff that we've done a thousand times. But they've added one more new part and that is the comparison. This is the biggest difference between this question and every other question that we've had so far when it comes to English literature. They've already tested they meaning the exam board. They've already tested your ability to analyze single texts meaning McBth meaning Romeo meaning jackal meaning Christmas carol they know by now whether you can or you can't analyze single text the sole purpose of this question is to bring in the comparison they want to now assess how do you manage two texts at a time and that is what this question is about. This question is all about how well you can compare because everything else remains the same. You're marked upon your quotes, your technique, your effect, and your context. We've been there before. That's AO1, AO2, AO3. Key part that they've introduced here, guys, is your comparison. It's your ability to compare a text. Now guys, I just want to cover this. I think it's important when it comes to methods, right, for poetry, language remains the same. So language means simileies, metaphors, verbs, adjectives. But I just want to make sure that we're clear on some of the others. Guys, form I want you guys to make a note of epic, narrative, free verse, sonet, and a dramatic monologue. These five forms of poetry I want you guys to be fully aware of. Now for those of you who are not sure how to analyze these, go and watch my video about the five power and conflict and the five love relationship poems. But I just want to remind you that I want you guys to analyze this and use this in your exam. An epic poem is a poem about an event, a war, a marriage. A narrative poem is a poem that tells a story. A freeverse poem is a poem that follows no rules. A sonic is a 14line poem traditionally about love and a dramatic monologue poem is a first person poem uh written in the I. So I did this, I did that and it's normally a very biased poem. Then when it comes to structure for poetry, of course you're welcome to talk about foreshadowing, flashback, but if you want to get a slightly higher grade, which I know you do, you want to please make sure you talk about things like enjment, you want to make sure you talk about cesora, you want to make sure you talk about anaphora, you want to make sure you want to talk about vultar. These are all structural devices that I want you guys to mention. What is inj guys? Enjo is when the line of poetry carries on and doesn't stop. So Zora is when the line of poetry has pauses throughout. An aphora is when there's repetition throughout a poem and vulta is the turning point. It's the shift in the poem. So I want you guys to talk about these but I'll show you how in a second. So we know that for this question we have 45 minutes. In this 45 minutes, we're aiming for three paragraphs. And we got to spend some time planning, aiming for five minutes. And in our plan, we must include language. Language means similes, metaphors, verbs. We must include structure. We must include form. And in one of the three paragraphs, maximum twice, you want to include context. That's it. Now the question, guys, is this. How do you approach this question? What do you do in your exam? I'm now going to do exactly what I would do in my GCSE exam. So imagine here's my question. Compare how poets present ideas about power in Aussie mandas and one other poem. The first thing that I would do guys is I would divide my page in half. That's the first thing I would do. I would divide my page in half. And on one side of the page, I would make a note that this is where I do Aussie Mandas. And on the other side of the page, I would make a note that this is where I do my comparison poem. Now, what am I going to compare Aussie Mandez to? What in my opinion is a good poem to compare? I'm going to compare Aussie Mandez, guys, to the poem London. So now I know I'm comparing New London to the poem Aussie and I would put this on either side of my page but first I would analyze one and the poem that I would analyze first is the one they've given me because this will dictate my comparison. So let's have a look at Oussie Mandez. The first thing I would do guys is now I would pick out my quotes of cold command. My name is Ozie Mandez, king of kings and nothing beside remains. These will be my three quotes from Aussie Mandez. Now by now you guys know that I follow the pretzel paragraph structure. I follow P, R, T, E, Z, E, and L. But I never plan my effects, nor do I plan my link. So the only thing I need to plan is my point, reference, technique and zoom. What is my point? What is my quote? What is my technique? And what will I be zooming into? For my first quote, I will be doing snare of cold command. For my second quote, I will be doing my name is Aussie, king of kings. And for my last quote, I will be doing nothing beside remains. Now I will build my three points. How does the first one present power? Power can make you evil. How does the second one present power? Power can make you arrogant. And how does the third one present power? Power is short-lived. Power does not last forever. Doesn't matter who you are. Now I'm going to work my way up. Nothing beside remains. Here I'm going to talk about the cesora and I'm going to talk about the volto when I zoom in because this is our shift in the poem and the irregular pause shows how things ended quickly for this man. My name is Aussie Mandez, king of kings. Here guys for my technique I'm going to talk about the sonic form because it shows how Aussie Mandez is in love but in love with what? He's in love with himself. My name is Aussie Mandez, king of kings. And when I zoom in, I will zoom in to the hyperbole. And my first quote, guys, a snare of cold command. I'm going to zoom in to the symbolism of cold. And I'm going to zoom in to the verb snare. And when it comes to context, guys, I'm going to use in this paragraph over here, I'm going to use Freud and the it. So now I have three paragraphs planned on this side of my page. I know exactly what I want what I want to say about Aussie Mandez. Now what I need to do is find my comparison. In London is power evil. In London does power make you arrogant? In London is power short-lived. Now I got to start building my comparisons for this half of the essay. So now guys I must compare it with the poem London. And for London guys I'm going to say over here that in this poem power is also evil. And the quote I'm going to use is mind forged mannequins over here. For over here guys, I'm going to say that indeed power in this poem also makes you arrogant. And the quote I'm going to use guys is runs in blood down palace walls. And over here guys, I'm going to say that power is not short-lived yet power is longlasting. And I'm going to use the quote marks of weakness. Marks of woe. That's done there, guys. Now mind forward manicles here I'm going to use the technique of the metaphor and when I zoom in I'm going to zoom in to the symbolism of manacles then when it says runs in blood down palace walls here guys I'm going to use the personification and I'm going to use this as my var because the poem shifts and responsibility is taken and when it comes to the longlasting here for the technique I'm going to talk about the nature of the narrative poem. It tells the story of these people. They suffer this every single day. And again guys over here I'm going to talk about the symbolism of the phrase or the word marks. Um actually no I think I'll do the anaphora the repetition guys. I think I'll do the repetition of marks of weakness and marks of woe to emphasize how serious this is. Um, and when it comes to context guys, I think I will use context over here and I will bring in Freud and the id because it shows you the danger of people following their desires. So now guys, if we look at the board, I've got three paragraphs planned. This here is a similarity. This here is a similarity. And this over here is a difference. And that is what you want to be doing in your exam. Now you want to compare these in the same paragraph. So that's one paragraph, that's two paragraph, that's three paragraph. But try to plan like this in your exam. Make your comparison visual to yourself. So we're doing point reference technique. Then we zoom and so on. Now, how does this look in reality, guys? How does this kind of plan look in reality? The way I want you guys to structure it is as follows. So imagine right after I've explained the effect of the symbolism because I would I because I am doing the similarity I would say something like similarly in the poem London and then I would run through the process one more time. I would give the effect. Now guys a very good comparison I call it ping pong. is when you bounce back and forth. So in a traditional pretzel paragraph, we do P R T E Z E L in one go. But here we're not doing that. Here we do P R T. We go across, we do P R T, guys. And then we're going to come back, guys. Now we're going to come back. So from here, guys, we're going to go back. And you might say something like furthermore. And when you say furthermore guys, now we're going to zoom in and give the effect. So what did I zoom into? I believe I zoomed into the verb snare. And I will then give the effect. After I've given the effect of the verb, I will then go across one last time. And when I go across guys, I will then zoom in on this side. And what did I zoom into over here guys? I will zoom into the symbolism of manacles. And I will give the effect. And then I am ready now to end my essay. What do I end my essay with guys? I end my essay with a link. And your link over here is your comparative point. It's a comparative link. So you might say, as you can see, it is clear that in both poems, power is presented as evil. And then you summarize it at the end. So basically guys, look, we're doing P R T E Z E L P R T E Z E L. You're doing pretzel. You're doing pretzel, but the pretzel is chopped throughout because it's called ping pong. We're bouncing. We're bouncing. We're bouncing. Why? Because as I showed you at the very beginning, the mark scheme is the same. They've only added a comparison. So we have to be able to compare. Now, here's an example of how this paragraph would look. So what I did was P RT that's the black at the top over here. Then I bounced across PR RT to the point over here. Then I zoomed in. I came back over here. Then I zoomed in over here. And then I gave a summative link at the end. Now I'm not going to read this paragraph. Can you guys see it? I'm not going to read the whole paragraph, guys. You're welcome to read it in your own time. Take a screenshot. But that is an example guys of a comparative paragraph written out. Now here's another example of a full marks 30 out of 30 response published by AQA. Now as you can see even in this full mark answer the student is bouncing between the two poems. Make sure you talk about both poems in the same paragraph because that is the essence of a comparison. Don't do one paragraph on one poem, one paragraph on the other poem because you're not going to get the highest marks for comparison. It's not me talking guys, it's the exam board. This answer's published by them. They are telling you what a full mark answer looks like. So guys, in your exam, let me give you example. Let's say I was turning this into a paragraph. I'll start off with a comparative point. In both Oussie Mandeus and London, power is presented as being something that can make you extremely evil. I'll give you my point. Now, zoom in. This can be seen Oussie Mandeus through the quote snare of cold command. The symbolism of the cold command highlights how Aussie Mandez ruled with an iron fist and was a nasty person. I'll give the effect. Furthermore, this is very similar to the effect of power in London where the people of London are walking around with mind forge mannequins. The metaphor illustrates how the how those in power want to control the thinking, want to control the mind. Give my analysis. Talk about how both are evil. Then furthermore, this evil nature continues in Oussie Mandeus via the verb sneer. It is as though they are proud of their evil nature. Give the effect. Finally, the symbolism in u uh London via the noun manicles shows us how the people are in chains and they're suffering blah blah blah. Give the effect and then we say as a result it is clear that in both poems power leads to a disgusting evil nature where people abuse their power. um over the people they rule and so on. So I went there, I went there, I went there, I went there, and then I ended up right at the bottom. You want to try doing three of these paragraphs, guys. You want to try doing three of these paragraphs in 45 minutes. They're definitely doable. They are definitely doable, especially for those of you who've been following Pretzel for a while because essentially you're doing two pretzels, but it's just chopped up. Now, I'm not having a paragraph debate. I'm not having a paragraph debate. Whatever paragraph structure you want to do, do it. But just make sure it compares. Pretzel by itself doesn't compare. Peel, Peter, potato by themselves don't compare. Whatever paragraph structure you sit upon, just make sure it allows that back and forth comparison. Now guys, here's my advice to you guys. For those of you who are prepping for your GCSEs, remember this question guys is 45 minutes. in 45 minutes, three paragraphs. Remember the mark scheme is the same as it's always been. The only thing they've added is the idea of the comparison. Remember guys, you want to talk about structure, language, and form because part of the mark scheme for top band. Remember when you're planning, you're planning three paragraphs. It can be similarities or differences. Do one poem on one side, one on the other side following this structure. Then when you write the poem, remember this is how you're writing it. You're doing two pretzels that are cut up in between because that allows for the comparison. Here is a grade 9 30 out of 30 response. Here is another response following that exact same structure. Now, if I was in your shoes, what would I do? I would go to the following guys. I would go to where are you guys? I would go to everything.co.uk. I would click on past papers. I would go to English literature when it loads guys and I would click on paper two and when you choose paper two I would pick any year. So let's say you choose June 2017. I would scroll down and for those of you doing love and relationships I would do love and relationships. For those of you doing power and conflict, do power and conflict. But what I would do guys is the following. I would do what I just did. I would split the page in half. I would take my three quotes, put them over here, plan my three paragraphs. Then I would think about what am I going to compare this poem to? I would put my comparative paragraphs over there. That way you have one paragraph, two paragraphs, three paragraphs. And then try your best to write out those paragraphs using this structure. But I repeat, guys, I'm not having a paragraph debate. You do the structure that works for you. But please, I beg you, just make sure your paragraph structure allows for a comparison because if you don't, you are not going to achieve top band for this answer. All right, guys. It's been this to everything English. I hope that video was beneficial. Peace. Should you ever require tuition lessons, classes for English, maths, or science, do head over to everything.co.uk. All of our English classes are taught by myself, Mr. everything English and our science and maths classes are taught by fully qualified teachers. Upon joining, you get access to our student portal. This is where you hand in your homework, receive your feedback and you can chat to your teachers, including myself. So guys, should you require any support with your English, maths or science for any exam board, do head over to everything.co.uk UK or click the link in the description.