AS LITERATURE
1000 WORD COURSEWORK ESSAY
ESSAY QUESTIONS – BIRTHDAY LETTERS
Here are the essay titles for the 1000 word essay.
You should read them through carefully in the light of the poems we have studied in class and poems you have worked on at home. Spend a little time putting poems with essay titles together and think about the questions that you would like to write on. We will be continuing to study poems in class after the half term holiday.
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1000 words excluding quotations
First draft deadline 25 November 2013
Final submission 20 January 2014
1. By focusing closely on ONE poem write on up to FORTY consecutive lines of poetry, show how Hughes explores the relationship between the narrator and the woman. Comment on the effect of language, structure and form in your response.
2. With reference to ONE poem write on up to FORTY consecutive lines of poetry, discuss how Hughes shows an insight into character. Comment on the effect of language, structure and form in your response.
3. With reference to ONE poem write on up to FORTY consecutive lines of poetry, show how Hughes presents Love. Comment on the effect of language, structure and form in your response.
4. ‘Poetry can bring to life experiences and ideas which are otherwise difficult for us to understand.’ In what ways is this true of the poetry of Ted Hughes? Refer to ONE poem of up to FORTY consecutive lines of poetry. Comment on the effect of language, structure and form in your response.
5. ‘Hughes’s poetry is rooted in time and place.’ Explore Hughes's use of settings with reference to ONE poem write on up to FORTY consecutive lines of poetry. Comment on the effect of language, structure and form in your response.
6. With reference to ONE poem write on up to FORTY consecutive lines of poetry, exploring the idea that, ‘Hughes’s business in Birthday Letters is telling stories’. Discuss the variety of ways Hughes tells stories. Comment on the effect of language, structure and form in your response.
7. ‘All great literature is founded in conflict.’ Discuss the variety of ways Hughes presents conflict in Birthday Letters with reference to ONE poem by Hughes of up to FORTY consecutive lines of poetry. Comment on the effect of language, structure and form in your response.
