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...attention. Does any particular line immediately suggest itself as an opening or final line? What strikes you as the most important section? This should be your focus. Let the words tell you what the poem is about. Answer Space around a word or phrase highlights or emphasises its meaning. Line-lengths can vary. Why not have a one-word line? The next line might be much...

...attention might immediately have been drawn to the phrase ‘shapes transformed into new bodies’, which announces that the poem will be about the idea of transformation and change. You may have also noticed the importance of the gods and their inspiration to Ovid, and you may have noted down the phrase ‘Gods, inspire my work’, which highlights the enormous role that...

...attention to building this healthy population. It was the productivity puzzle of the 18th century. Clearly, to do this required an ample supply of nourishing, healthy food. There was a growing consensus across Europe that much of the population was crippling itself with poorly chosen eating habits. For instance, the renowned Scottish physician William Buchan argued this...