Hey, I use to be a grade 5 student for Shakespeare and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , I got a 9 In my literature . And I can't say I would've done it without u . So I appreciate the time and effort u put into helping students get their notes together and be able to achieve those higher grades . Thank you 🙏
A very helpful video, especially since my school never really taught much the political context of the poem when they were teaching it. Understanding The Troubles that are portrayed in the poem has enabled me to get a better idea of its wider meaning, rather than just the basic idea of it that was given in my lesson. This is a great analysis of the poem and it has really helped me with my revision. Thank you! 😊
@@KSinghhhM from a year to 3 months ago I’m sure it takes no expert to see there would obvs be an increase in views, to say between that time a lot of people have been self teaching
Hello sir, i was wondering whether there could be an interesting comment to be made about the paradoxicality of "strafes invisibly" and "space is a salvo", since space is an empty place, with no air or sound passing through, and yet there're bullets overwhelming it. Could you suggest me any analytical point about this please ?
Isn’t just about the IRA. Exploding is a reference to the British Soliders, The UVF (unionist parliamentary group) and the IRA all who attacked one another.
In the AQA anthology it isn't split up into different stanzas, it's just one long one. Does anyone have any points about structure you could relate to this?
You could make an issue out of the lack of structure which you could argue reflects the lack of a political structure. Personally, I feel this sort of analysis of structure is sumb, but the exam board seem to expect it. You can make a much more meaningful point about structure by comparing to a pre 1918
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Which would you say it compares best to? And I agree, it feels forced and analysis fir the sake of it, making a point where there isn't really one
Structure: all together and compacted, reflecting on possibly his firm belief of the island being not in his favour Could mean how irresponsive the war between Protestants and catholics being ignorant to their effect on the island and their own cause- due to their beliefs being the sacrifice for human sins being for nothing and society still diminishes, I think you could add some similar ideas alike with LOTF as these both have keen ideas about society and how it’s reflected by nature for e.g ‘witch like cry’ you get an understanding of evil on the island or some sort of opposing viewpoint of it, similarly to ‘tamed cat turn savage’. Idk need your help mr bruff lol
Also for context, see Harold Macmillan’s ‘Winds of Change’ speeches in Ghana and SouthAfrica, which reference the cry for self determination in ‘the colonies’, and in America the civil rights movement of the 1960s - see the second verse of Bob Dylan’s ‘Blowing in the Wind’. These quests for fairness and freedom are maybe also good candidates for the metaphoric storm that lies ahead in 1964, rather than the Troubles, per se.
Why doesn’t anyone create short movies or films based on these poems, it will be interesting- like Black Mirror Plus it’s more understandable as some people prefer more imagery than interpretation with text
I thought of an idea and would really appreciate your opinion on it Mr Salles: Heany makes the point that the earth is a victim of man's violent nature and that it is because of the evil of man that makes the earth 'wizened' and dried up. The nouns 'leaves and branches' show the destruction of nature and its habitat. Trees are also home to many animals and they themselves produce oxygen which in turn sustains life, however, humans 'blast' this nature into broken fragments so all that's left are pieces of the whole - just 'leaves and branches' flailing helplessly in the wind and not strong, tall and united like trees in a forest. Heany is emphasising that the Troubles will destroy and divide the peace in Ireland and that man himself is solely responsible for this damage. In addition, trees remind us of growth but as this land is barren there are no trees and as a consequence there is no growth - war has deprived the people of safety and left them with closed 'stone' hard mindsets. Thank you for your amazing video and all your time :) Adam.
You would need to make the point that the land would once have been forested, and was destroyed by human farming and settlement. However, taking the Aran islands, the opposite is true: "The islands are made up of Carboniferous limestone, and do not have naturally occurring topsoil. Early settlers augmented the soil with seaweed and sand from the shore. Drystone walls were built to protect the soil." - wikipedia. I think instead the poem tries to focus on mankind's resilience in the face of a hostile world.
Structure: all together and compacted, reflecting on his firm belief of the island being not in his favour Could mean how irresponsive the conflict between Protestants and catholics being ignorant to their effect on the island and their own cause- due to their beliefs being the sacrifice for human sins being for nothing and society still diminishes, I think you could add some similar ideas alike with LOTF as these both have keen ideas about society and how it’s reflected by nature for e.g ‘witch like cry’ you get an understanding of evil on the island or some sort of opposing viewpoint of it, similarly to ‘tamed cat turn savage’. Idk need your help mr bruff lol Not saying actually comparing them NO WAY that’s out of the question....literally But using your notes I think you can develop your idea about linking nature with society conflicts, cuz this poem does reflect on both power and a bit of conflict with the Protestant and catholic views For those who don’t know what Protestant is- basically ones who object some ideas of Christianity and believe in it more moderately Catholic- old beliefs really and they don’t change it in any moderate way.
Could you also interpret nature as God; God is hateful and angry towards man because of our cultural and religious disagreements. Both Protestant and Catholic supported the same faith (Christianity) and therefore are causing unnecessary violence and damage to themselves (God’s creation) and the earth (also God’s creation). This oxymoron of the sea ‘exploding comfortably’ fails to make sense and seems almost paradoxical which can relate back to how the constant fight in religion between the Catholic and Protestants doesn’t make sense. Heaney is therefore not only making a political point that we do fear a ‘huge nothing’ - again very oxymoronic, but also that we need to focus on appreciating God and not causing unnecessary conflict (seen through the semantic field). In fact, the whole point of religion and believe in faith is to follow your faith, something God entailed as not part-taking in violence. Obviously this links back to nature being angry, as man hasn’t listened and thinks they are more powerful failing to realise Nature is part of God. This dramatically extinguishes mans power and establishes their clear idiotic and ignorant state. (This is just something quick, in the real exam I would obviously include analysis of the quotes, structure and link this to another poem, most likely the Prelude)
Hey, I use to be a grade 5 student for Shakespeare and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , I got a 9 In my literature . And I can't say I would've done it without u . So I appreciate the time and effort u put into helping students get their notes together and be able to achieve those higher grades . Thank you 🙏
Well done, and thanks for your support.
Hello, firstly congratulations. Can I ask how you revised? Thanks.
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A very helpful video, especially since my school never really taught much the political context of the poem when they were teaching it. Understanding The Troubles that are portrayed in the poem has enabled me to get a better idea of its wider meaning, rather than just the basic idea of it that was given in my lesson. This is a great analysis of the poem and it has really helped me with my revision. Thank you! 😊
Good luck in the exams!
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Thank you! 😁
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You deffo failed your GCSE’s ‘such less’ looool
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@@KSinghhhM from a year to 3 months ago I’m sure it takes no expert to see there would obvs be an increase in views, to say between that time a lot of people have been self teaching
i came here to say that mr bruffs video is better and has better and more true/exact context
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Finding your Power and Conflict analysis series so in depth and useful, thanks very much👍
Glad you like them. Thanks.
Watching these videos whilst analysing the poems during quarantine has been so helpful!
Really clever analysis.
Your comments are always appreciated T BC, thanks for watching my videos.
your videos are amazing and helped me get a 7 in my mock. Thank you so much, keep doing what you're doing :))
I have my GCSEs next year and I was wondering in the poetry exam do we get a list of all the poems and authors?
Yes
Hello sir, i was wondering whether there could be an interesting comment to be made about the paradoxicality of "strafes invisibly" and "space is a salvo", since space is an empty place, with no air or sound passing through, and yet there're bullets overwhelming it. Could you suggest me any analytical point about this please ?
I don't know, perhaps that the violence is over nothing - space is the territory being fought over?
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Oh yeah that's a nice idea, perhaps I could also link it to a "huge nothing" in the ending line of the poem. Thanks a lot !
Hi there. I found this useful
Though i have difficulty annotating poems
Could you please make a poem on how to annotate a poem please?
Nice one! I have several videos on how annotate the poems already.
I'm a bit confused, how did Heaney use 'exploding' to reference IRA's bombing attacks if it was written before the troubles?
it’s a bit like ironic and emphasises how he was indicating an oncoming conflict
Isn’t just about the IRA. Exploding is a reference to the British Soliders, The UVF (unionist parliamentary group) and the IRA all who attacked one another.
What does he say at 3:07
he says the title of the poem is a pun
Great video I found this verry informative will you make a play list of these
extremely informative, once again! thank you so much
Putting my predictions here now, i think this or 'exposure' will come up, asking about the power of nature.
In the AQA anthology it isn't split up into different stanzas, it's just one long one. Does anyone have any points about structure you could relate to this?
You could make an issue out of the lack of structure which you could argue reflects the lack of a political structure. Personally, I feel this sort of analysis of structure is sumb, but the exam board seem to expect it. You can make a much more meaningful point about structure by comparing to a pre 1918
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish Which would you say it compares best to? And I agree, it feels forced and analysis fir the sake of it, making a point where there isn't really one
Structure: all together and compacted, reflecting on possibly his firm belief of the island being not in his favour
Could mean how irresponsive the war between Protestants and catholics being ignorant to their effect on the island and their own cause- due to their beliefs being the sacrifice for human sins being for nothing and society still diminishes, I think you could add some similar ideas alike with LOTF as these both have keen ideas about society and how it’s reflected by nature for e.g ‘witch like cry’ you get an understanding of evil on the island or some sort of opposing viewpoint of it, similarly to ‘tamed cat turn savage’. Idk need your help mr bruff lol
Sir in my anthology for this poem it is all one stanza ( there isnt multiple stanzas ),can you still include the form point including stanzas
I hope this is the 2019 poem
was it?
@@kserotv it wasn't
I hope this isnt the 2023 poem
Thanks a lot! Really detailed
Your videos are so helpful and informative! Thank you so much Mr salles
Thanks, this video needs more love!
will you be doing grade 9 videos for poems for every poem
Got 9 in mocks thanks to you 😀
This was so helpful, I wish I had found your channel earlier!
Also for context, see Harold Macmillan’s ‘Winds of Change’ speeches in Ghana and SouthAfrica, which reference the cry for self determination in ‘the colonies’, and in America the civil rights movement of the 1960s - see the second verse of Bob Dylan’s ‘Blowing in the Wind’. These quests for fairness and freedom are maybe also good candidates for the metaphoric storm that lies ahead in 1964, rather than the Troubles, per se.
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I have my mocks next year around may and june
much deeper than mr bruff on this one! congrats
I appreciate that!
Why doesn’t anyone create short movies or films based on these poems, it will be interesting- like Black Mirror
Plus it’s more understandable as some people prefer more imagery than interpretation with text
" Explect " that was funny 11:50
I thought of an idea and would really appreciate your opinion on it Mr Salles:
Heany makes the point that the earth is a victim of man's violent nature and that it is because of the evil of man that makes the earth 'wizened' and dried up. The nouns 'leaves and branches' show the destruction of nature and its habitat. Trees are also home to many animals and they themselves produce oxygen which in turn sustains life, however, humans 'blast' this nature into broken fragments so all that's left are pieces of the whole - just 'leaves and branches' flailing helplessly in the wind and not strong, tall and united like trees in a forest. Heany is emphasising that the Troubles will destroy and divide the peace in Ireland and that man himself is solely responsible for this damage. In addition, trees remind us of growth but as this land is barren there are no trees and as a consequence there is no growth - war has deprived the people of safety and left them with closed 'stone' hard mindsets.
Thank you for your amazing video and all your time :)
Adam.
You would need to make the point that the land would once have been forested, and was destroyed by human farming and settlement. However, taking the Aran islands, the opposite is true: "The islands are made up of Carboniferous limestone, and do not have naturally occurring topsoil. Early settlers augmented the soil with seaweed and sand from the shore. Drystone walls were built to protect the soil." - wikipedia.
I think instead the poem tries to focus on mankind's resilience in the face of a hostile world.
This video was really, really helpful thank you :)
Structure: all together and compacted, reflecting on his firm belief of the island being not in his favour
Could mean how irresponsive the conflict between Protestants and catholics being ignorant to their effect on the island and their own cause- due to their beliefs being the sacrifice for human sins being for nothing and society still diminishes, I think you could add some similar ideas alike with LOTF as these both have keen ideas about society and how it’s reflected by nature for e.g ‘witch like cry’ you get an understanding of evil on the island or some sort of opposing viewpoint of it, similarly to ‘tamed cat turn savage’. Idk need your help mr bruff lol
Not saying actually comparing them NO WAY that’s out of the question....literally
But using your notes I think you can develop your idea about linking nature with society conflicts, cuz this poem does reflect on both power and a bit of conflict with the Protestant and catholic views
For those who don’t know what Protestant is- basically ones who object some ideas of Christianity and believe in it more moderately
Catholic- old beliefs really and they don’t change it in any moderate way.
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Could you also interpret nature as God; God is hateful and angry towards man because of our cultural and religious disagreements. Both Protestant and Catholic supported the same faith (Christianity) and therefore are causing unnecessary violence and damage to themselves (God’s creation) and the earth (also God’s creation). This oxymoron of the sea ‘exploding comfortably’ fails to make sense and seems almost paradoxical which can relate back to how the constant fight in religion between the Catholic and Protestants doesn’t make sense. Heaney is therefore not only making a political point that we do fear a ‘huge nothing’ - again very oxymoronic, but also that we need to focus on appreciating God and not causing unnecessary conflict (seen through the semantic field). In fact, the whole point of religion and believe in faith is to follow your faith, something God entailed as not part-taking in violence. Obviously this links back to nature being angry, as man hasn’t listened and thinks they are more powerful failing to realise Nature is part of God. This dramatically extinguishes mans power and establishes their clear idiotic and ignorant state.
(This is just something quick, in the real exam I would obviously include analysis of the quotes, structure and link this to another poem, most likely the Prelude)
I think you would need a lot more evidence. An Old Testament view of God might work with your interpretation, but not a New Testament God
@@MrSallesTeachesEnglish okay thank you, will definitely look into it
Wow. That was quite an in-depth investigation of the poem. Students might also like this website: genius.com/10899821
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