Due Friday 10th November

Choose a poem with an impressive opening. Explain why you think the opening was so impressive and discuss how effectively it prepared you for the rest of the poem. In your answer you should refer closely to the text and to at least two of: theme, imagery, sound, development, form or any other appropriate feature.

OR

Choose a poem in which the poet creates a picture of a heroic or corrupt figure. Discuss the means by which the personality is clearly depicted. In your answer you must refer closely to the text and to at least two of imagery, tone, rhyme, word choice or any other other appropriate feature.