Starter quiz
- 'Of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother' is known as ...
- maternal. ✓
- paternal.
- parental.
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- Which of the following is an accurate summary of Forster's 'Mother, Diving'?
- The child helps the mother overcome her fears.
- The mother overcomes her fears by herself. ✓
- The mother does not overcome her fears.
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- Which of the following is an accurate summary of Sheers' 'Not Yet My Mother'?
- The child and mother reminisce over an old photograph together.
- The child reflects on the old photograph to their mother. ✓
- The mother reflects on the old photograph to their child.
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- Whose voice do we hear in both Forster's 'Mother, Diving' and Sheers' 'Not Yet My Mother'?
- the child's voice ✓
- the mother's voice
- the omniscient narrator's voice
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- Something not very obvious or easy to notice is something ...
- ostentatious.
- subtle. ✓
- conspicuous.
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- 'A consideration or estimate of the similarities or differences between two things or people' is the definition of a ______.
- 'comparison' ✓
Exit quiz
- 'A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing' is the definition of a ______.
- 'stereotype' ✓
- 'To behave according to a group's usual standards and expectations' is to ______.
- 'conform' ✓
- 'To go against an idea or convention so that it might surprise or challenge the audience' is the definition of ______.
- 'subvert' ✓
- In order to compare two poets, we might imagine they are in ______ with each other.
- 'conversation' ✓
- Both Forster and Sheers suggest __________ in the mother/child relationship in 'Mother, Diving' and 'Not Yet My Mother'.
- predictability
- a shift ✓
- formality
- distance
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- Which statement best reflects why it's important to consider comparisons between poems?
- it allows us subject matter and scope for a full answer
- it allows us to consider human nature ✓
- it allows us to see humanity's fractured relationship with itself
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Key learning points
- Comparing poems means we're finding the similarities and differences in how the texts approach certain ideas or themes.
- You might imagine two poets are in conversation about an idea to help with your comparison.
- Arguably, both Forster and Sheers demonstrate a shift in dynamic in mother/child relationships.
- Arguably, both Forster and Sheers comment on maternal stereotypes within their poems.
Common misconception
That comparison involves spotting the differences between poems.
Arguably, the best comparisons are where there is an exploration of subtle differences within similarities.
Keywords
Subtle - not very obvious or easy to notice
Stereotype - a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
Subvert - to go against an idea or convention so that it might surprise or challenge the audience
Conform - to behave according to a group's usual standards and expectations
Maternal - of, relating to, belonging to or characteristic of a mother
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