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Comment
AO1 A creative and carefully thought out answer with good evidence of a personal understanding of the texts in question.
AO2 An engagement with the mechanics of literary method enables an examination of the diff erent ways in which meanings are produced.
AO3 Good choice of poems to compare diff erent ways in which context infl uences the production of ideas.
AO4 Good links between the texts, drawing out new insights.
AO5 An acknowledgement that diff erent critical perspectives are invited by this text, with leanings toward (rather than real engagement with) narrative theory.
For a High Level:
- A more thorough investigation as to the methods writers use to produce meaning would have answered the demands of the question more fully. (AO2)
- Elaborate and expand the references to historical and literary contexts. (AO3/AO4)
- Sharpen the sense of how a critical perspective shapes the interpretation of a text. (AO5)
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