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How to know which poems toHow to know which poems to

compare in Paper 2compare in Paper 2

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Themes You will always be asked to compare

how a particular theme is shown

through two poems it might befeelings, it might be politics, it mightbe people

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Identity Search for my

tongue Hurricane hits

England Presents from my

Aunts in Pakistan Nothings Changed

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sland Man Limbo1. Its about gender, race, class, religion

2. Where you come from3. Your language, family, customs, past

experiences

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Politics (inequality)

Nothings Changed

Two Scavengers ina Truck

Vultures

1. Can be about the differences between rich and poor.2. Can be how leaders abuse their power

3. Can be about certain groups oppressing others

NOTE: You dont have toknow everything about

politics

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Change Search for my

Tongue

What were they

like? Presents from myAunts in Pakistan

Nothings Changed

1. Change for the better2. Change for the worse

3. Appear to have changed but not

Note: Fairly opentopic

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People Two Scavengers in a

Truck

Island Man

Hurricane hits England

Presents from myAunts in Pakistan

Night of the Scorpion

Vultures

1. Some are about society2. Some are about different groups3. Some are about individuals or are

on their own

Note: A lot of thepoems discuss

problems

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First Person Presents from myAunts in Pakistan

Search for my Tongue

Nothings Changed

Night of the Scorpion Limbo

Hurricane hits England

1. Allows the poet to use their voice directly2. Allows them to show how they feel

3. It lets us see things from the poets or thecharacters point of view

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Cultures Divided

Two Scavengers ina Truck

Nothings Changed

Limbo

1. Different cultures within the same society2. Can be surrounded by a culture but not be part of it

3. Cultures classifies people according to things likerace, gender and wealth, rather than thinking everyone

is equal

Note: Its what the wholeAnthology is about

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Separated from their

culture Night of the

Scorpion

Hurricane hitsEngland

Island Man

The poets are describing how they do notbelong to the culture they were born

into

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Description of People Two Scavengers in

a Truck

Presents from my

Aunts in Pakistan Blessing

Night of theScorpion

1) Poets use unexpected adjectives to cause an effect2) Contrasting descriptions show differences

3) Comparisons, strong opinions or humour give aparticular impression of something or someone

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Description of Places Nothings Changed

Island Man

Descriptions are used to create a particularimpression or to create/represent a particular

emotion in the reader

Note: poets use literarytechniques to improve their

descriptions

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Presentation - for effect What Were They

Like?

Limbo

Search for my Tongue

Two Scavengers in aTruck

Presents from myAunts in Pakistan

Night of the Scorpion

1. The way a poem looks is alwayssignificant.

2. Regular styles create an effect3. Irregular styles create differenteffects in different parts of the

poemNote: Visual effects

illustrate the point thepoet is trying to make

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Places linked to identity Presents from my

Aunts in Pakistan

Hurricane hits

England Island Man

1. Some poets describe their homes or birthplaces2. Others use setting as a background to their topic3. Sometimes a lack of detail can be more effective

than a lot of detail

Note: The setting can besymbolic of the themes

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Places stand for the

state of society Two Scavengers in

a Truck

Nothings Changed Vultures

The setting has been used to make acomment about social inequalityor any other problems that arise

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Two Cultures Clashing

Search for myTongue

Presents from my

Aunts in Pakistan Island Man

1. Having a mixed background can make people feel tornbetween two cultures

2. Sometimes people miss what they were used to3. Some cultures are divided, with one sub-culture

dominating

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Traditions beliefs and

rituals Night of the

Scorpion

What WereT

heyLike?

Limbo

Hurricane Hits

England Presents from my

Aunts in Pakistan

1. Some use traditions to link to theirCulture, past or identity

2. Sometimes they criticise traditions3. Traditions can seem distant and

mysterious