How to Write a Poetry Analysis Essay| GCSE Literature | Ted Hughes | Football at Slack | Writing

[@wonjiawong3804]

Thank you so much, this is really helpful for the exam on monday!!

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

I’m so glad it’s helpful! Wishing you all the best for the exam ~ K 🌺

[@mie391]

thank you !! i'm usinf this for my Othello and Unseen exams tomorrow

[@ahmedalisheikh2449]

Your guess was far off (the other and a memory) came but you’re videos were really helpful

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

Our time zone had Wind and someone else had Football at Slack…it came down to place 🤣 hope your exam went well and that you found the videos helpful 🌺 K

[@withlovenyx9559]

Omg i love you!! This is so helpful, thank you so much!☺️

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

Haha I’m so glad you’ve found this useful! Are you sitting the exam tomorrow?! 🌺

[@withlovenyx9559]

@@EnglishwithKayleigh Unfortunately yes. I am going through all your Hughes videos. SERIOUSLY don’t know what I’d do without them. I shared your channel with my friend. You’re out here saving lives🙏🙏

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

@withlovenyx9559 I’m sure you’re both going to do great! Wishing you the very best of luck 🌺 K

[@michaelgloster1640]

Please could you send me the link to the model answer as I can't find it on your TES page. Thanks

[@ShayanQureshi-h8q]

cant tell how much this helped me, it would be excellent if you could also do it for the paper 2 the drama one.

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

Thanks for your comment ~ I’m glad the video helped you. I’m hoping to create a similar video to support the drama question. Like and subscribe to see when it goes live! Best of luck with upcoming exams 🌺 K

[@ShayanQureshi-h8q]

@@EnglishwithKayleigh Thankyou! It would be great if you could create that before 15th of this month i have my drama exam. Just before that.

[@tannietttan]

Hello, can you please tell me whether this introduction for cat and mouse is ok? Thank you! Cat and Mouse, published in Hughes’ collection Lupercal in 1960, depicts a mouse hopes to make a break for freedom but doesn’t, for fear of being eaten by a cat. In the poem, Hughes uses words and images to strikingly portray the mouse by the lively description of the mouse, personifying the movement of the mouse and exploring the similarities between human and animals, and finally, exploring religious figures.

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

Hello! Thanks for commenting. I think your points are great. However, you may want to explore the personification of the mouse in one of the body paragraphs as this is a technique that is used. You would still have three strong body paragraphs and you are lesson likely to repeat analysis. Hope this helps 🌺 K

[@tannietttan]

@@EnglishwithKayleigh thank you so much ☺️

[@tormclean9657]

Thank you so much for these videos… why does english lit have to be so much harder than everything else 😢

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

You’re going to be great! Just try your best 🌺 K

[@rachel8149]

My exam was today and the poems that we had to analyze were Football at Slack and Anniversary.

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

Which one did you write on? I hope it went well 🌺

[@rachel8149]

@@EnglishwithKayleigh I analyzed Football at Slack. I had watched your video the day before, about the essay structure and model paragraphs, answering a question to this poem, and your analysis video also about this poem. They helped a lot!

[@carlaperezvaldelvira5451]

Helloo, i really liked the video. Do you have a full analysis of the poems wind, cat and mouse and football at slack that I can purchase?

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

Hi ~ if you mean PPTs that analyse the poems in details, then yes I have them all. I will link each of them to this thread - Wind www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12791137 🌺

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

Football at Slack www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12791133

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

Cat and Mouse www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12791129

[@Rancher2201]

Is there a structure for forming your three points

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

No set structure. My only suggestion would be to organise your points chronologically (e.g. how is the moon presented in Harvest Moon? Think how is it presented at the start, in the middle, at the end - this will allow you to focus evenly on all parts of the poem!) Best of luck 🌺 K

[@Rancher2201]

@@EnglishwithKayleigh so do not make points based on techniques but more on the effects?

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

@Rancher2201 That’s how I suggest candidates do it - you can then use techniques as part of your analysis to support your point 👍 K

[@Rancher2201]

@@EnglishwithKayleigh ok thank you👍🙏

[@benademola9106]

Thanks!

[@EnglishwithKayleigh]

You’re welcome!🌷