An essay on the question ‘Grief was what you owed the dead for the necessary crime of living on without them’ (Kamila Shamsie). Explore the relation between the living and the dead in the work of ONE OR MORE authors on the module.’ Poems discussed include: The Skunk, The Strand at Lough Beg, A Postcard from North Antrim (Field Work elegies); Punishment, Bog Queen (Bog Poems from North) This is a university (BA English) essay, but can be used for GCSE and A-level examples, and includes a bibliography and footnotes.

An essay on the question ‘Supposedly a dramatization of the inner life, the dramatic monologue form actually reveals just what a social performance the inner life is.’ Discuss’. This essay analyses the dramatic monologue form in Robert Browning’s poem ‘Porphyria’s Lover’, using ‘My Last Duchess’ and ‘Johannes Agricola in Meditation’ to support. This essay is complete with MHRA bibliography and footnotes, and received a 74 (first) grade. Can also be used for GCSE or A-level.