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Title, context and purpose

Title, context and purpose

The title, Lament, identifies the poem as an expression of grief or mourning. Clarke responds to the environmental devastation associated with the 1991 Gulf War, including burning oil and polluted water.

2.2.10 Lament by Gillian Clarke Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Literature
  3. /2.2.10 Lament by Gillian Clarke

Step-by-step lessons on OCR GCSE English Literature 2.2.10 Lament by Gillian Clarke. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the 19th-century novel, the modern text, and the poetry cluster) alongside regular unseen-extract practice, since both components include unseen comparison questions that are usually the most time-pressured.

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