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What people fight and die for
Section A: Poetry across Time. Conflict. Read the two poems below and then answer both part a) and part b). You are advised to spend about 45 minutes on part a) and 30 minutes on part b).
Compare how these poems present what people fight and die for.
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Marking points
- 1 Compares both named poems directly and keeps the response focused on what people fight and die for.
- 2 Uses relevant quotations or textual references from both poems.
- 3 Analyses language, form and structure such as tone, imagery, rhyme, sound, riddling structure or voice.
- 4 Develops comparison of ideas and attitudes rather than listing separate comments.
Why this answer loses marks
Both poems are about war and people dying.
This stays at topic level and misses the comparison of attitudes to sacrifice and the poets methods.