English Poetry Predictions

Consuelano

What poets do you think will most likely show up on the exam?

Please don't tick the ones you're hoping for - just the ones you think will come up.

ChrisBarrett7

A friend made a very good point the last day; if you study the three women on the course one has to come up surely!

Jijsaw

I think Ní Chuilleanain, Frost, Montague and somebody who came up last year either Dickinson or Yeats but I'm thinking more Yeats.
I plan on studying Frost, Montague, Hardy, Dickinson and Plath so I should be alright...hopefully.

if832uspx4eogt

I think:

John Montague
Robert Frost
WB Yeats
Emily Dickinson

Everyone is saying Eilean because it's her first year in a long time on the paper, and for that reason students would be hedging their bets on her. And we know how the department likes to throw a spanner in the works regarding the paper.

But I'm not taking anything for granted with predicting poets. I had studied the 4 that came up on the Mocks but could only attempt two. I'm planning on studying the above + Eilean in good detail, hoping to do John Montague or Robert Frost. I really like WB Yeats but my teacher said the correctors mark the question harder because they expect some good historical background in the answer so I think I'll skip him. Plus his poems like Easter 1916 are very complicated (but highly enjoyable. In Memory Of Eva Gore-Booth and Con Markiewicz is one of my favourite poems).

Codswapple

For some reason im not convinced john montague will come up. He is just a bit obvious. But i hope im wrong.

Mahmoudsaid_1

Ni chuilleanain for sure will come and maybe John montague

OMGeary

Honestly don't think Ní Chuilleanáin is coming up. I think it is waaaaaaaaaaay to obvious so she won't be up, plus she's a pain anyway.

DarraghF197

OMGeary wrote: »

Honestly don't think Ní Chuilleanáin is coming up. I think it is waaaaaaaaaaay to obvious so she won't be up, plus she's a pain anyway.

I agree, very little chance of her coming up. She's coming up a couple of times in the next few years as well, and I think it's more likely she'll appear next year.

My predictions:

Frost
Montague
Hardy
Dickinson

There's a bit of a flaw in it, though, as I don't see Montague and Hardy coming up together. So potentially Yeats will appear.

if832uspx4eogt

If we got:

- Montague
- Yeats
- Dickinson
- Frost

I'd be happy. But I don't think I'll get that lucky.

Noire

I'd love

-Yeats
-Dickinson/Ni chuilleanain
-Frost
-Hardy(?)

I'd say Yeats is very likely to come up because of his anniversary. As for the female poets, it's definitely a tie between those two. Hasn't Plath been on for the past two years already?

Peg14

Tbh John Montague and Frost are both fairly straightforward poets, so I wouldn't be surprised if only one of them appeared.
Ni Chuilleanain should appear.
Perhaps Dickinson cause nobody's really expecting her. Some suprise of some sort. As you can see, my predicting skills are just class.

lucy17

what are the main themes in ni chuilleanain's poems ?

katiecoyne1997

Hardy should more than likely come up, He has not been on since before 2010 and he isn't on the course again until at least 2020. I would assume that he would come up because of this.
Yeats will likely be on next year seeing as it will be the anniversary of 1916 will be next year
Plath is unlikely

I would go with:

Hardy
Donne
Frost
Dickinson/Ni chuilleanain

katiecoyne1997

lucy17 wrote: »

what are the main themes in ni chuilleanain's poems ?

I would say:
Family
Memories
Death
Nature

katiecoyne1997

Noire wrote: »

I'd love

-Yeats
-Dickinson/Ni chuilleanain
-Frost
-Hardy(?)

I'd say Yeats is very likely to come up because of his anniversary. As for the female poets, it's definitely a tie between those two. Hasn't Plath been on for the past two years already?

Isn't Yeats' anniversary next year, 1916? Or am I missing something?

Noire

katiecoyne1997 wrote: »

Isn't Yeats' anniversary next year, 1916? Or am I missing something?

It's the 150th anniversary for his birth this year c:

Consuelano

With just a day to go, Ni Chuilleanain seems to be everyone's favourite! I wonder does that make her less likely to appear on Thursday's paper...!

Peregrine

Closing this as we now have a thread for all predictions and discussion.

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