AO2: Language, Form and Structure

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AO2 Language, Form and Structure
C/W 27th April 2012

• Learning Objectives
• Practice unseen poetry skills with a familiar
  poem
• Understand how to structure an answer in an
  examination

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Analysing Discussing Poetry

What are the most important parts of a poems
form and structure?
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AO2 Explain how language, structure and form
contribute to writers presentation of ideas,
themes and settings. This means you have to look
in real detail at the words and techniques the
poet uses to create the themes, the rhythm, the
subject matter, the voice and the tone of the
poem form. In addition, if you know what specific
form of poem you are reading, you should make a
point about how the poet uses that form maybe
its a sonnet, a villanelle, a dramatic monologue
etc
The Yellow Palm Robert Minhinnick
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The Yellow Palm Robert Minhinnick
How does the form and structure of The Yellow
Palm emphasise the theme of conflict and its
effect on ordinary lives?
The Yellow PalmForm and structure
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The Yellow Palm Robert Minhinnick
TIPWhen writing about the rhyme scheme, or
repeated ideas, explain why it is being used
rather than that it is being used.
How does the form and structure of The Yellow
Palm emphasise the theme of conflict and its
effect on ordinary lives?
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GRADES

• For a C grade
• Explain that the first line of each stanza is
  repeated (to draw attention to incidents, or
  stress the poets repeated sightings of violence)
• Explain that ordinary scenes are followed by
  images of conflict
• Mention the last stanza
• Explain the rhyme scheme
• Use short quotations to show this

• For an A grade
• Discuss the contrast between ordinary life and
  conflict, commenting on language choices.
• Refer to the theme change in stanza five
• Explain the significance of the rhyme scheme to
  the poems effect
• Discuss the significance of the last stanza and
  its message