Rita dove Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. In the 1400s, Spain and Portugal were competing to explore down the coast of Africa and find a sea route to Asia. That way, they could have the prized Asian spices they wanted without having to pay high prices to Venetian and Muslim middlemen. Spanish and Portuguese sailors searching for that sea route conquered the Canary Islands and the Azores. Soon they began building Muslim-style sugar plantations on the islands, some of them staffed by slave...

Revision notes, including key points and high level technical analysis for Rita Dove's 'Cozy Apologia'. Useful for Top Band Essay Writing or Revision

This is an overview and a quote analysis of the poem 'Cozy Apologia' by Rita Dove. It is included in the poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature if you are doing the exam of WJEC Eduqas. It was made by me for the 2019 GCSE exams which I have just completed and of which I recieved a Grade 9 for this subject. The document shows a clear and concise overview and analysis of the poem. It includes notes on: the poet context, the rhyme scheme, the tone/mood of the poem, the themes of the poem an...

A Marxist approach to Rita Dove’s poem ‘Parsley’

Indepth notes for the WJEC English Literature (9-1) specification.