Plan smart, then write fast.
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ITAPE (Essay Plan)
Use ITAPE to plan your whole response before you write paragraphs.
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Paragraph (Inside the Essay)
Use this paragraph structure repeatedly for each comparison point you make.
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I — Intro (How each poem begins)
Brief overview comparing how both poems begin and how they immediately present the theme.
Brief overview comparing how both poems begin and how they immediately present the theme.
T — Tone (Mood and atmosphere)
Compare the emotional mood of each poem and how that mood shapes meaning.
Compare the emotional mood of each poem and how that mood shapes meaning.
A — Aural choices (Sound)
Compare sound and voice choices (rhythm, repetition, harsh/soft sounds, rhyme, structure that affects sound).
Compare sound and voice choices (rhythm, repetition, harsh/soft sounds, rhyme, structure that affects sound).
P — Pace (Rhythm and movement)
Compare speed, pauses, enjambment, caesura, and any acceleration or slowing that drives impact.
Compare speed, pauses, enjambment, caesura, and any acceleration or slowing that drives impact.
E — Ending (How the poems conclude)
Compare how each poem finishes and what final message or warning is left with the reader.
Compare how each poem finishes and what final message or warning is left with the reader.
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Point
Make a comparison that answers the question.
Make a comparison that answers the question.
Evidence
Quote from the first poem.
Quote from the first poem.
Analysis (using the formula)
Use a ✒lit term and a 🔑keyword (analytic verb).
Use a ✒lit term and a 🔑keyword (analytic verb).
Comparison
Link to the second poem (similarity or difference).
Link to the second poem (similarity or difference).
Evidence
Quote from the second poem.
Quote from the second poem.
Analysis (using the formula)
Again: ✒lit term + 🔑keyword (analytic verb).
Again: ✒lit term + 🔑keyword (analytic verb).
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Point:
In Ozymandias and London, both poems begin by undermining the power and grandeur of their subjects.
Evidence:
In Ozymandias, Shelley describes the statue’s “shattered visage”.
Analysis (formula):
The ✒violent onomatopoeia
🔑emphasises
the ruler’s control has been destroyed by time.
Comparison + Evidence:
Similarly, in London, Blake begins with “charter’d streets…” and “charter’d Thames”.
Analysis (formula):
The ✒repetition
🔑signals
his disgust for the control the rulers have on the city while allowing such suffering to exist across the capital.
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