CSEC English B: A Guide to Writing Poetry Essays
If you're reading this, chances are, you've been subjected to the unfortunate torture that is the English B (comparative) poetry essay...
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JH@Quelpr
Aug 10, 202013 min read
Nature in Poetry: CSEC English B Poem Analysis and Comparison
The presentations of nature vary across each of the poems above. In and of itself, nature is a concept that encompasses the Earth and all...
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JH@Quelpr
Aug 9, 20202 min read
CSEC English B: Poem Theme Index
Themes for each poem (2018-2023)
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JH@Quelpr
Jul 9, 202059 min read
All CSEC Poems (2018-2023) Analysis and Summary (+PDF Download)
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A document with cross-analyses and comparisons between poems...
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JH@Quelpr
Jul 8, 20205 min read
CSEC English B: Orchids by Hazel Simmons-McDonald Poem Analysis
The persona seems to be moving out of a house after renting it for a five-week period. Now, all that remains in her space is an orchid in...
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JH@Quelpr
Jul 6, 20204 min read
CSEC English B: This is the Dark Time, My Love by Martin Carter Poem Analysis
This is the Dark Time, My Love Martin Carter This is the dark time, my love, All round the land brown beetles crawl about. The shining...
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JH@Quelpr
Jul 5, 20204 min read
CSEC English B: Mirror by Sylvia Plath Poem Analysis
Just as the title suggests, the poem is about a mirror in its many forms. It is written from the perspective of the mirror as it comments...
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JH@Quelpr
Jun 25, 20205 min read
CSEC English B: Ol' Higue by Mark McWatt Poem Analysis
The 'Ole Higue' is a supernatural character found in Caribbean folklore. This nocturnal being is also called a jumbie, soucouyant and backoo
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JH@Quelpr
Jun 18, 20206 min read
CSEC English B: Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen Analysis
The poem is written as a harsh, but ultimately fair criticism of the atrocities of war. The poet wrote this whilst hospitalized after...
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JH@Quelpr
Jun 18, 20203 min read
CSEC English B: Birdshooting Season by Olive Senior Analysis
The persona (likely a young girl due to their attention to the details of the women's emotions) describes the beginning of birdshooting...
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JH@Quelpr
Jun 14, 20205 min read
CSEC English B: My Parents by Stephen Spender Poem Analysis
In the poem, the persona recalls a childhood where his parents kept him from 'rough' children.
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JH@Quelpr
May 30, 20205 min read
CSEC English B: Little Boy Crying by Mervyn Morris Analysis
The poem is narrating an interaction between a father and his son, who he has punished for playing in the rain. The little boy feels...
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JH@Quelpr
May 25, 20208 min read
CSEC English B: Theme for English B by Langston Hughes Analysis
The persona is a negro student (the only one in his class) who is given an assignment by his instructor write a page that comes from within
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JH@Quelpr
May 22, 20206 min read
CSEC English B: God's Grandeur by Gerard Manley-Hopkins Analysis
In this poem, the persona is adulating the incredible power of God. He compares the glory of the Lord to an electric charge present...
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JH@Quelpr
May 19, 20208 min read
CSEC English B: A Stone's Throw by Elma Mitchell Analysis
The poem alludes to the story of Mary Magdalene in the Bible (John 8:3-11), highlighting themes of religion, violence, sexism and hypocrisy.
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JH@Quelpr
May 18, 20204 min read
CSEC English B: It is the Constant Image of Your Face by Dennis Brutus Analysis
The persona seems to be a statesman (or some sort of stakeholder or representative of his country) who is accused of heartbreak by his lover
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JH@Quelpr
May 14, 20205 min read
CSEC English B: Dreaming Black Boy by James Berry Analysis
The persona is a young black male wishing for things he should have already been guaranteed for being a human.
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JH@Quelpr
May 10, 202010 min read
CSEC English B: The Woman Speaks to the Man who has Employed her Son by Lorna Goodison Analysis
In this poem, the persona seems to addressing a man who has taken a woman's son into a life of crime and gun violence. The history...
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JH@Quelpr
May 8, 20205 min read
CSEC English B: Test Match Sabina Park Stewart Brown Analysis
The persona is an Englishman who comes to Sabina Park to watch a cricket match between his home team and the West Indies team.
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JH@Quelpr
May 5, 20207 min read
CSEC English B: South by Kamau Brathwaite Poem Analysis
In the poem, the persona is reflecting on the island home of his childhood. He has travelled to many places, but appears to be constantly...
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