Paper 2 sample response #6: Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath
The focus for this comparative essay is metaphor and the way it is used in two poems to explore the writing process. The essay is thoughtfully organised and attends well to the implications of the title; it also demonstrates insight and relatively good understanding of the content and form of two poems. However, the overall feel is rather laboured, and occasionally a little descriptive or superficial. It would be...