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Comparing love poetry (II): Reading Philip Larkin & Carol Ann Duffy

December 11, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

A friend of mine once said, “what good are emotions if all they do is make you weak?”

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Comparing love poetry: Thomas Hardy’s ‘Neutral Tones’ & Maura Dooley’s ‘Letters from Yorkshire’

November 17, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

(This post contains two detailed videos on the topic.)

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Looking at war poetry (II): Wilfred Owen’s ‘Exposure’ and Ted Hughes’ ‘Bayonet Charge’

October 28, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

(This post contains two detailed videos on the topic.)

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Reading poetry through art (I): W.H. Auden’s ‘Musee des beaux arts’ & William Carlos Williams’ ‘Landscape’

October 2, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

If literature is the peanut butter of culture, then art is the grape jelly that goes with it. 

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How to read the sonnet

August 12, 2020August 14, 2020 Miss Jen1 Comment

Poems aren’t easy to read, but if there’s any poetic form that grants both pleasure and closure, it’s probably the sonnet. 

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What’s the difference between form & structure?

July 27, 2020December 1, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

Two of the most commonly mixed-up words in the study of English Literature are ‘form’ and ‘structure’. 

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How to understand obscure references in literature: your ultimate guide to allusion

July 15, 2020July 21, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

If paradox is perplexing and conceit is confusing, then allusion is probably one of the most annoying literary devices out there. 

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How to write literary analysis well (It’s not as hard as you may think…)

July 4, 2020July 4, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

Have you ever sat in an English class or read literary criticism – and wondered how some people manage to come up with creative – at times far-fetched – interpretations of poems and novels? 

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What is ‘freedom’? Reading Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath to find out

June 28, 2020September 24, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

Poets are a hypersensitive bunch.

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Most people can’t tell these 4 literary devices apart: your guide to paradox, oxymoron, antithesis & contrast

May 20, 2020September 18, 2020 Miss JenLeave a comment

Following my post on comparative devices (simile, metaphor, analogy and conceit), some readers have asked me to write a post on contrasting devices. 

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