Since you have a given time limit (45 minutes) and a
fairly detailed set of requirements for your essay (comparison of two poems with
reference to theme given in the opening statement), you have the opportunity to do a
great deal of planning for your essay before you actually sit down for the
exam.
Start your preparations by determining a theme about
which you can find two poems that you will be comfortable drawing comparisons, or
identify two poems that present a common theme but have different points of view for
your comparison. You need to identify two poems that are alike in some ways and yet
different in others, with some commonality that relates the two pieces above and beyond
the similarities and differences.
Your thesis statement
should present an overview of the contrasts and likenesses and will state the
overarching relationship between the poems. The body of your essay should develop your
point of view about each similarity or difference, relating back to that central theme
as appropriate. Your conclusion should summarize your comparisons and reemphasize the
overall relationship.
Good luck!
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