Master The Man with Night Sweats by Thom Gunn: Key Themes and Analysis for High Marks

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[@ClairesNotes]

That's very kind of you. I'm so glad you're finding the videos helpful!

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Wow, thank you

[@pradeeprajagopal7374]

Loved the analysis! Would greatly appreciate more poem videos for IGCSE!

[@ClairesNotes]

More to come! I've just got two more poems to do (Request to a Year and The Telephone Call). Check out my website www.clairesnotes.com where I have a page with all the videos for Cambridge iGCSE poetry in one place.

[@parveenkhan1508]

The analysis is beautifully done. Thanks a bunch, Claire

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Thank you. You are more than welcome.

[@paulgiddings8528]

Detailed, sensitive and just really well done. A great resource, thanks for posting.

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[@vibeconnect5743]

Hi, great video as usual, do you do any notes on the book journeys end by any chance?

[@ClairesNotes]

Thank you very much! I don't have any notes yet on Journey's End, although I have taught it so am very familiar with it. I would consider doing some if there was enough interest!

[@vibeconnect5743]

@@ClairesNotes would the notes be like on the characters, relationships between the characters and the trends throughout the play?

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[@aueolr]

ms claire, you said that the poem arouses pathos but never pity. Aren't pathos and pity interconnected? when i read the poem i felt pity. To me he sounds self-pitying, as exemplified by the action of hugging himself.

[@ClairesNotes]

Good question! We all see different things and respond in different ways. I personally don't see self-pity because of everything else he says. I see a man who is proud of who he is. He hasn't let himself down - his body has but as long as you can back up your analysis with evidence from the text, you're good to go!

[@aueolr]

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[@budini2444]

Miss, may I ask what is the best way to structure a poetry analysis essay in an IGCSE lit exam?

[@NkAnn]

There is another video on KZbin about that. Search up Cambridge igcse English lit exam structure (I don’t remember exact wording) and you will find it

[@CeleritasIllimitatu]

How do you do it so smoothly?

[@ClairesNotes]

I spend a lot of time scripting and really thinking about what I'm going to say because I personally don't like videos where people 'um', 'er' and repeat themselves all the time. I find them very annoying!

[@CeleritasIllimitatu]

@@ClairesNotes Well thank you on behalf of every IGCSE student and myself.

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[@cartoons.and.animations]

Is it me or is this poem just a bit ermmm👽

[@ClairesNotes]

How do you mean?

[@cartoons.and.animations]

@ Owww i mean like me as a literature student i tend to analyse things too deeply and the poem well Thom Gunn really went out of his way to truly explain how he felt and the poem is a bit too sexual in my perspective but overall this was a very great analysis thank you for the videos🙏🏽

[@ClairesNotes]

Oh, I see. That's the thing with poetry - we all respond to it in different ways and each of our responses is valid :-) The fact that you felt this means that it struck some kind of chord for you. For me, I don't see it as sexual, I respond more to its emotional aspects - the feelings of isolation, incarceration in an illness and the desperation to have human contact.