My notes from this video (feel free to copy and paste): Things to look out for in any unseen poem you might get: 1. An element of the ending changing your perception of something that in the beginning, be this a world or historical event, a scenario between characters or even the poet’s point of view on the topic they are writing about. 2. Contrast. This could be a contrast between two events/scenarios the poet has asked you to picture, or the same event but from a different perspective. Look out for language devices that might be used to achieve this contrast, such as juxtaposition, or a group of words that are antonyms of another group of words elsewhere in the poem (a contrast of lexical fields). 3. As soon as you finish reading the poem for the first time, ask yourself what memories the word choice/general vibe brought back to you, or even how it reminded you of your view on a certain topic, and then ask yourself how it actually did that. If you can highlight a particular language device or volta, brilliant! All you need to do now is let the examiner know these thoughts in a clear and concise manner, as they can ‘only see the section of your thoughts that you choose to put on the paper’. 4. Poems are not meant to be IQ logic puzzles! A poet writes to convey their point of view on a certain topic, and if they don’t manage to get their point of view across to you then the poem is effectively just a mash of vowels and consonants. Therefore, whatever topic/opinion comes to your mind during your first readthrough of the unseen poem is likely something close to what the poet was aiming for. Thus, you can’t really be wrong if you simply write about the ideas that the poet has formed in your head, and subsequently how the poet has managed to help them form. 5. Rhyme and half-rhyme (certain vowels and consonants in a word matching up in such a way that they flow off your tongue nicely) are your friends: any rhyme that you manage to spot could be placed there for reasons such as ‘sewing compatibility and completeness’ between separate characters, ideas or scenarios in the poem, unsettling the reader or conversely making a certain line read much faster than the others, as if to gloss over a subject (sometimes for ironic reasons). 6. Repetition. This is sure to come up in your poem, and when it does you’ll know its only real purpose is much like alliteration, in that it constantly causes the reader to become hung upon thinking about a particular topic or event, so as to encourage deeper thought, or even to encourage the reader to think about the journey they have been on since the start of the poem. 7. Alliteration will always be somewhere, and any use of it serves to emphasize the importance of an event or lexical field to the reader. It usually manages to make the flow of the writing clunkier and heavier, to get the reader's lips almost stuck rewinding upon the idea the reader has included in the alliteration. There may even be sibilance: this serves to either create a sense of peace in the text, or convey a sinister undertone to put the reader slightly on their guard. msmitchellsclasses.weebly.com/uploads/4/6/7/4/4674576/alliteration_chart.pdf This document really helps you to get an idea of how the repetition of different letters of the alphabet adds a particular mood/emotion to a poem. 8. If you run out of time, make sure you jump to the end of the poem to conclude your essay in a way that shows you have considered the entirety of the poem, and how the poet takes you on a journey. This should be relatively easy, as you can use what you have found in point 1 to quickly write this paragraph and secure marks. (cut this from your notes if you copy and paste) To conclude, all these aspects of structure show the examiner that you have a more complete idea of not just the poem, but the poet’s intent behind their word choice. However, just writing about quotations and the language devices you find in them can still render you full marks.
Thank you this helped a lot. I was revising for maths tomorrow but I saw this video and clicked on it. However I don't have time to watch it so ur summary really helped:))))
That’s fine it doesn’t really matter because many teacher do it differently for example I do PEED. As long as u have some sort of structure to your paragraphs it’s fine.
I always write good stuff about form and structure, and in unseen poetry I usually write grade 9 essays, when im mostly terrible at every other part of English. I'm sad that examiners protect everyone from writing dumb stuff now 😔
Methods is like an umbrella term for both language n structural techniques so structure isn't necessarily needed and same can go for language whereas in previous exams in the mark schemes they specified they're looking for both language AND structure
Mr Salles you are so adorable like the white maltesers they used to sell in Farnborough when I was a child (please mark my exam with the candidate number 2465)
hello! i am a bit stressed as my jekyll and hyde went poorly :( i used a quote and zoom for every paragraph and gave detailed context, as well as using ST when necessary. however i found my points were weak and my analysis was lacking (also got a quote kind of wrong, not that bad). can i stil get a six or a seven with the things i mentioned doing above as well as average quality analysis and points?
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Learning about what Macbeth is and unseen poetry is really the best thing to do on the morning of the exam
and here I am memorising animal farm, poetry and unseen poetry the morning of the exam 💀
Hey sir,
sorry for always asking this but would it be possible to do a short video on how to approach the 8 mark comparison poetry question.
Thanks
The best way to approach is is by reading the question and then answering the question. That's probably the best advice you can find 👍
@@hehf1828 Average grade 4 achiever
@@hehf1828 🍑🍆
omg yes I need this
@@hehf1828 Idk bro, I prefer answering first then reading the question, but that's just me...
My notes from this video (feel free to copy and paste):
Things to look out for in any unseen poem you might get:
1. An element of the ending changing your perception of something that in the beginning, be this a world or historical event, a scenario between characters or even the poet’s point of view on the topic they are writing about.
2. Contrast. This could be a contrast between two events/scenarios the poet has asked you to picture, or the same event but from a different perspective. Look out for language devices that might be used to achieve this contrast, such as juxtaposition, or a group of words that are antonyms of another group of words elsewhere in the poem (a contrast of lexical fields).
3. As soon as you finish reading the poem for the first time, ask yourself what memories the word choice/general vibe brought back to you, or even how it reminded you of your view on a certain topic, and then ask yourself how it actually did that. If you can highlight a particular language device or volta, brilliant! All you need to do now is let the examiner know these thoughts in a clear and concise manner, as they can ‘only see the section of your thoughts that you choose to put on the paper’.
4. Poems are not meant to be IQ logic puzzles! A poet writes to convey their point of view on a certain topic, and if they don’t manage to get their point of view across to you then the poem is effectively just a mash of vowels and consonants. Therefore, whatever topic/opinion comes to your mind during your first readthrough of the unseen poem is likely something close to what the poet was aiming for. Thus, you can’t really be wrong if you simply write about the ideas that the poet has formed in your head, and subsequently how the poet has managed to help them form.
5. Rhyme and half-rhyme (certain vowels and consonants in a word matching up in such a way that they flow off your tongue nicely) are your friends: any rhyme that you manage to spot could be placed there for reasons such as ‘sewing compatibility and completeness’ between separate characters, ideas or scenarios in the poem, unsettling the reader or conversely making a certain line read much faster than the others, as if to gloss over a subject (sometimes for ironic reasons).
6. Repetition. This is sure to come up in your poem, and when it does you’ll know its only real purpose is much like alliteration, in that it constantly causes the reader to become hung upon thinking about a particular topic or event, so as to encourage deeper thought, or even to encourage the reader to think about the journey they have been on since the start of the poem.
7. Alliteration will always be somewhere, and any use of it serves to emphasize the importance of an event or lexical field to the reader. It usually manages to make the flow of the writing clunkier and heavier, to get the reader's lips almost stuck rewinding upon the idea the reader has included in the alliteration. There may even be sibilance: this serves to either create a sense of peace in the text, or convey a sinister undertone to put the reader slightly on their guard.
msmitchellsclasses.weebly.com/uploads/4/6/7/4/4674576/alliteration_chart.pdf
This document really helps you to get an idea of how the repetition of different letters of the alphabet adds a particular mood/emotion to a poem.
8. If you run out of time, make sure you jump to the end of the poem to conclude your essay in a way that shows you have considered the entirety of the poem, and how the poet takes you on a journey. This should be relatively easy, as you can use what you have found in point 1 to quickly write this paragraph and secure marks.
(cut this from your notes if you copy and paste)
To conclude, all these aspects of structure show the examiner that you have a more complete idea of not just the poem, but the poet’s intent behind their word choice. However, just writing about quotations and the language devices you find in them can still render you full marks.
Nicely done. The link was interesting too
Thank you this helped a lot. I was revising for maths tomorrow but I saw this video and clicked on it. However I don't have time to watch it so ur summary really helped:))))
Thanks so much, I wish you well on the exam on Wednesday!
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Yours amazing thank youu!!!
but can you still talk about structure or form if you understand it and know what to talk about ?
Of course. You didn’t watch much of the video then.
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish thank you
If rhymes show compatibility does that mean blank verse and un rhyming show inharmonious and contrast?
Hi sir, Do we have to talk about language and structure and form in all literature essay in 2023, because my teacher just said its methods in general?
for the unseen poetry comparision do you need to use terminology?
what form should i right in? PEE+ - not sure
That’s fine it doesn’t really matter because many teacher do it differently for example I do PEED. As long as u have some sort of structure to your paragraphs it’s fine.
So helpful
Yah
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Are you going to do another top 20 quotes for Macbeth as you did for inspector calls, would be much appreciated as that video saved me!!!!!
I already have it
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish do you have one for Romeo and Juliet?
@@Christopher-bk3vw he just made one :)
I’m liking the transitions
5:16 that actually woke my up thanks sir!
I always write good stuff about form and structure, and in unseen poetry I usually write grade 9 essays, when im mostly terrible at every other part of English. I'm sad that examiners protect everyone from writing dumb stuff now 😔
very confused bc people are saying different things
I think u don’t need it but u will probs get more marks if u do
Well I’m not busier
But if writing about structure helps you be more perceptive then by all means do so
Though it is not a necessity
Methods is like an umbrella term for both language n structural techniques so structure isn't necessarily needed and same can go for language whereas in previous exams in the mark schemes they specified they're looking for both language AND structure
what i’m going to do is if i can see a good structutral thing i’ll analyse it but if i can’t see any good structural features i’ll leave it
@@ellie-di7cv same
Mr Salles you are too cute! And funny!
💀
unfortunately mr salles isn't marking our exams to give you a 9
cute lmfaoooo 💀💀
Mr Salles you are so adorable like the white maltesers they used to sell in Farnborough when I was a child (please mark my exam with the candidate number 2465)
💀
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hello! i am a bit stressed as my jekyll and hyde went poorly :( i used a quote and zoom for every paragraph and gave detailed context, as well as using ST when necessary. however i found my points were weak and my analysis was lacking (also got a quote kind of wrong, not that bad). can i stil get a six or a seven with the things i mentioned doing above as well as average quality analysis and points?
i know this aint about unseen poetry but most recent lit video.
tbh i wouldn't worry abt all that for now. you rlly can't change it, just focus on doing your best on the other papers now :)
You can!
This guy is vsauce for english
Hey sir,
Can you make Grade 9 resources on Frankenstein?... It's for the life of my GCSE's!
Excellent master
Thank you for every single video and all the time you invested into helping me do well in my GCSE! I am now excited to receive my results.
Thank you very much! Let me know in August.
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Hi Mr Salles, I got a 7 thanks to you!
@@dovidmuster5615 Well done!
Is this video for aqua or for all exam boards, does every exam board not need to talk about form and structure?
Just AQA
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