Analysing and Comparing Four Poems
for GCSE English Literature

 
content/ theme
language/ effects
links between poems
Education for Leisure

violent death: starts off minor and gets worse
/ depression: "I've had enough of being ignored"
/ linked to lack of commitment/

 

it's an attempt to be superior

jealousy
control
confession

psychological

Who says "I touch your arm"?
Could be the murderer / stalker; could be the person themselves through the knife, preparing for suicide/

There's a "bragging" language here, eg "I am a genius"

There's a sense of a speaking voice: the dramatic monologue

jealousy
control
confession

psychological
My Last Duchess

jealousy
control
confession

psychological

  There's a sense of a speaking voice: the dramatic monologue

jealousy
control
confession

psychological
Hitcher

jealousy
control
confession

psychological

  There's a sense of a speaking voice: the dramatic monologue

jealousy
control
confession

psychological
The Laboratory

jealousy
control
"confession"

psychological

  There's a sense of a speaking voice: the dramatic monologue

jealousy
control
"confession "

psychological
     trying to get into the mind of a murderer