Welcome to the Meal-Sized English Literature & Language Tutor for GCSE and advanced students.

Romeo and Juliet (William Shakespeare):
an analysis of Shakespeare's stagecraft with particular reference to the First Act.

To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee):
a quiz

Patrolling Barnegat (Walt Whitman) Tutorials:
(i) a deconstruction, examining what the various lines and images in Whitman's poem might mean.
(ii) an overview of the poem, with an examination of the language and the line-endings.
(iii) an analysis of the metre, attempting to explain why Patrolling Barnegat can be regarded as not being in "free verse."


I Remember I Remember (Philip Larkin):
a question about Larkin's references.

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