How to structure an INTRODUCTION for poetry comparitive essays GCSE English Literature Poetry

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Created by: EstherTheBunny
Created on: 07-07-12 13:28

The introduction is made up of 3 sentences and 3 sentences only.
The first sentence- something which link both poems to the title.
- For example, if the title is "Compare family relationships in Harmonium by Simon Armitage and one other poem", the first sentence could be:
  Both Harmonium, by Simon Armitage and Praise Song for My Mother, by Grace Nichols, present loving family relationships between a parent and a child.
The second sentence: This…

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Paul Dutton

Report Wed 5th March, 2014 @ 14:16

A brief but useful guide on how to write an introduction when comparing poems.

Sam

Report Sun 13th March, 2016 @ 05:40

thank you this is so helpful :) have you done the exam yet?

ami787

Report Fri 2nd December, 2016 @ 19:12

So helpful!!! Thanks

bhula2308

Report Mon 16th January, 2017 @ 20:12

this helps so much

Annabel.p

Report Tue 18th April, 2017 @ 09:56

Ahh thank you

12s_r

Report Thu 18th May, 2017 @ 11:05

thnx!

jscamz

Report Mon 13th November, 2017 @ 12:09

when u do that do you use evidence from the poems to back it up and use P.E.E.D

CenturionGuy

Report Sun 3rd December, 2017 @ 10:54

nice

dclayson

Report Tue 12th December, 2017 @ 20:48

Very useful

Enoch Yu

Report Sun 4th March, 2018 @ 13:15

Thanks, very useful. Can u make a full guide on Comparison Poem essays please? Will help a lot, Thx! ;)

INeedHelpInSchool

Report Sun 30th December, 2018 @ 18:52

I absolutly hate comparitibe essay and I need major help in trying to write it in a simple form as i complicate it and lose marks. Could you do a step by step comparitive essay?

KittyKatt

Report Sat 12th January, 2019 @ 16:18

nice!!!

Sweatyboi

Report Sun 27th January, 2019 @ 20:19

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maryam2604

Report Mon 15th July, 2019 @ 22:35

BOTH, HOWEVER, WHEREAS

BOTH poems present the idea of ________. However, _______ shows the theme of _______ in this way WHEREAS ____ presents the theme like this____

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