2001 Paper 2 - Section 3

Ensure that you have written your own notes on each Longley poem you have studied under the following headings: background, theme, tone, structure, development of thought, and personal response. Learn relevant quotations to support your points. In this essay I chose to write more about the personality of the poet and my favourite poems and less about the poet's use of language and imagery. It would be quite acceptable to concentrate on the latter — it's a matter of personal choice. Write the text of a talk to your peer group entitled 'Why read the poetry of Michael Longley?'