Writing detailed comparisons about two poems | English

Starter quiz

A comparative poetry question asks you to...
- compare similarities only
- compare differences only
- compare similarities and differences ✓
Match the poems to the correct mood.
- 'The Soldier'
  
  ⇔
  
  peaceful ✓
- 'The Gift of India'
  
  ⇔
  
  despair ✓
- 'In Flanders Fields'
  
  ⇔
  
  reassuring ✓
The way the writer thinks or feels about the subject they are writing about is called the __________ of a poem.
- attitude ✓
- form
- speaker
- language
Match the poem with the speaker of the poem.
- 'The Soldier'
  
  ⇔
  
  The soldier ✓
- 'The Gift of India'
  
  ⇔
  
  India ✓
- 'In Flanders Fields'
  
  ⇔
  
  The dead soldiers ✓
Which of the following are important to think about when deciding which poems to compare?
- What similarities and differences in techniques there are ✓
- How long the poems are
- Do the poets agree or disagree on the central theme of the question? ✓
- Are the poets from two different time periods?
It's useful to think about comparative essays as if the poets are having ______ with each other.
- an argument
- a conversation ✓
- a disagreement