Anyone who did the HSC last year could you please help me with this question, I'm in desperate need of help
I actually have no clue what the question is actually asking
And if anyone has sample answers that would be amazing!!
Question 7 — Poetry (20 marks)
(a) William Butler Yeats, W B Yeats: Poems
An inherent tension between stability and change is revealed through recurring images in
Yeats’ poetry.
To what extent does your interpretation of Yeats’ The Second Coming and at least one
other poem align with this view?
In your response, make detailed reference to The Second Coming and at least ONE other
poem set for study.
The prescribed poems are:
– William Butler Yeats, W B Yeats: Poems selected by Seamus Heaney
* An Irish Airman Foresees his Death
* When You Are Old
* Among School Children
* The Wild Swans at Coole
* Leda and the Swan
* The Second Coming
* Easter 1916
I actually have no clue what the question is actually asking
And if anyone has sample answers that would be amazing!!
Question 7 — Poetry (20 marks)
(a) William Butler Yeats, W B Yeats: Poems
An inherent tension between stability and change is revealed through recurring images in
Yeats’ poetry.
To what extent does your interpretation of Yeats’ The Second Coming and at least one
other poem align with this view?
In your response, make detailed reference to The Second Coming and at least ONE other
poem set for study.
The prescribed poems are:
– William Butler Yeats, W B Yeats: Poems selected by Seamus Heaney
* An Irish Airman Foresees his Death
* When You Are Old
* Among School Children
* The Wild Swans at Coole
* Leda and the Swan
* The Second Coming
* Easter 1916