Paper 1 Practice: Poetry
Poetry is typically seen as something 'difficult', abstruse or even indecipherable. It is not unusual, for this reason, to hear SL students say that they approach Paper 1 determined not to choose a poetry text if there is one. HL students do not get a choice but many still approach poetry with the same trepidation. Experience suggests that some of the more common reasons for this attitude are linked to any or all of...