IB skill practice

Analyse speaker, persona, and attitude in poetry

English A Language and Literature SL continuation skill with accessible exam-style Paper 1, literary, Paper 2, IO, and revision practice.

Paper 1, Paper 2, IO 5 marks Difficulty 4

English A exam practice: Analyse speaker, persona, and attitude in poetry

A poem about a speaker walking through a changed town has a calm surface voice while its images suggest stronger feeling. Choose the focus that explains the crafted poetic voice. Choose the analytical focus, evidence choice, and technique choice, then select the interpretation that best explains reader position, meaning, or comparison.

Worked practice: build the analysis

Construct the analysis one move at a time, the way an examiner reads it: focus, evidence, technique, then effect.