Flashcards on Unseen Poetry Analysis Framework
QUASH Framework: Unseen Poetry Analysis for IGCSE Success
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Analyzing Unseen Poetry (literature exam technique)
14 cards
Card 1
Question: What is the first simple task you can do when you start analyzing an unseen poem?
Answer: Work out the rhyme scheme (e.g., identify patterns like ABAB).
Card 2
Question: How can identifying a regular rhyme scheme add to your interpretation of a poem?
Answer: A regular rhyme scheme can suggest rigidity, predictability, or cyclical patterns (e.g., day turning to night and back).
Card 3
Question: When thinking about structure, what simple observation can be meaningful?
Answer: Notice cyclical or framing structure (for example a poem that starts and ends with the same image, creating a sense of repetition or history).
Card 4
Question: Why is it important to link structure observations to meaning?
Answer: Because you must show how structural features (like cyclical form) contribute to the poem’s overall meaning or effect.
Card 5
Question: What is a useful mindset tip about interpreting poetic choices when the poet isn’t available to ask?
Answer: Make an interpretation and justify it: you are rewarded for explaining and supporting your ideas, so don't fear being 'wrong' if you can justify your
Card 6
Question: What four-step checklist did the speaker give for approaching an unseen poetry question?
Answer: Understand the question, understand the poem, analyse and annotate for language, include structure and form, then 'hustle' to write under time pressur
Card 7
Question: What does the speaker mean by 'hustle' in the context of an exam?
Answer: After planning and having ideas, write clearly and quickly under time pressure; aim for at least three detailed paragraphs and manage time (don't spen
Card 8
Question: What paragraph structure example was used to model an exam paragraph?
Answer: The 'PEETER'/'PEEL' style: make a Point, give Evidence, identify Effect/Technique, Explain and Link to the reader—blending language and structure anal
Card 9
Question: How should evidence, technique identification, and explanation appear in a strong paragraph?
Answer: They should be blended together (not rigidly separated), with multiple pieces of evidence and linked language and structure features supporting the po
Card 10
Question: Give an example of combining language and structure in an analytical sentence.
Answer: Objects like 'Street Lamp' or 'pavement' can be personified (language) and the poem’s cyclical structure (starting and ending with the Street Lamp) to