Key learning points

1. Identifying nuances in theme and perspective will construct a purposeful comparison.
2. Gather ideas for both texts before planning so you know which evidence you can use.
3. Ensure your thesis statement summarises both poems, links to the question and focuses on the entirety of both texts.
4. Topic sentences should be specific, precise and express duality.
5. Evidence should be embedded into analytical paragraphs.

Keywords

• Marginalised - treated as if less important

• Thesis - the primary argument or central idea presented in a piece of academic writing

• Topic sentence - a sentence that introduces the main idea or theme of a paragraph, guiding its content

• Embedded - information or objects that are firmly and deeply fixed within something else

• Tentative language - words or phrases that express a lack of certainty when presenting ideas

Common misconception