Just One Thing Series: Exam Revision Tips

Overview

• Objective: Simplify revision with actionable tips to improve exam grades.
• Focus: High-level analysis for poems on the CIEE Cambridge IGCSE syllabus for 2025.

Poems Covered

1. WH Auden's "Funeral Blues"
2. Thomas Hardy's "He Never Expected Much"
3. Fleur Adcock's "The Telephone Call"

Key Tips for Grade Improvement

• Incorporate responses into your work, adapting them to specific exam questions.
• Aim for multiple points in answers for higher grade levels, especially grade nine.

Example Analysis for Grade N Responses

"Funeral Blues" (WH Auden)

• Technique:
  • Use of colon for pause and rhythm.
  • Phrase analysis: "I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong."
  • Impact: Illustrates shift from idealism to disillusionment, emphasizing finality and grief.

"He Never Expected Much" (Thomas Hardy)

• Technique:
  • Rhythm and sound: Alliteration and spondy in "Well, world" for reflection.
  • Impact: Reflects the speaker's resigned acknowledgment of the world's indifference, creating a melancholic tone.

"The Telephone Call" (Fleur Adcock)

• Technique:
  • Use of tautology in "Ultra super Global special".
  • Impact: Highlights the absurdity of promises, emphasizing the poem's theme of life's random occurrences.

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