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OCR · GCSE · English Literature · Higher

Doubts about conflict

Q02.1 20 marks

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). The poems are The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy and Courage of Youth, Battle of Ypres, Flanders Field by R. J. Lindley.

Compare how these poems present doubts about conflict.

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Marking points

  1. 1 Addresses how both poems present doubts about conflict.
  2. 2 Compares ideas, attitudes, tone and atmosphere across both poems.
  3. 3 Analyses language, form and structure, such as colloquial voice, rhyme, sonnet form, alliteration or emotive language.
  4. 4 Uses relevant quotations or textual references from both poems.

Why this answer loses marks

Both poets think war is bad and people suffer in conflict.

This answers the general conflict topic but does not keep the comparison focused on doubts about conflict or analyse poetic methods.