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Pity for victims of conflict
Compare how these poems present pity for victims of conflict.
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- 1 Compares the poems' presentation of pity for victims of conflict.
- 2 Addresses ideas/attitudes, tone/atmosphere, and effects of language and structure.
Why this answer loses marks
The bog body in 'Punishment' is a recent victim personally known to the speaker.
The examiner report warns that some responses confused the historic bog body with modern victims of the Troubles; credit depends on a coherent understanding of the poem's layered victimhood.