AQA GCSE English Literature · 8702
Paper 2
- Revise: Comparing two unseen poems
The patterned arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.
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GCSE English Literature · key term
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.
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The patterned arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.
Paper 2
Revise: The ManhuntLine lengths vary, and there is no consistently regular metre. The very short 'and feel the hurt' (line 15), for example, gives way to longer descriptions elsewhere. This flexibility allows the voice to follow the wife's attention rather than a rigid marching rhythm.
When discussing rhythm, show how it works in a phrase rather than claiming that every line has an identical metre.
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The organised pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse. Pentameter has five metrical feet in a line.
The patterned arrangement of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.
Paper 1, Paper 2
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.
Revise: Writer's methodsThe story is not literally five verses of a song: it is prose, without the regular metre or rhyme scheme of verse. Nevertheless, its title and chapter names associate it with shared Christmas celebration. The movement towards a joyful ending makes the frightening episodes part of an ultimately hopeful work.
A recurring pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.
Component 1, Component 2
Revise: The SchoolboyThe metre varies, mixing longer, roughly four-beat lines with shorter, roughly three-beat lines. This prevents the voice from sounding entirely mechanical. Short lines such as ‘In sighing and dismay.’ in stanza 2 give the emotion a concentrated ending.
The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry. Iambic metre generally alternates an unstressed syllable with a stressed syllable.
A pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in verse.