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Thanks, Arjun - that's another interesting perspective. The wonderful thing about poetry is that everyone can take something different out of a poem, so it's always interesting to hear others' responses. I loved your description of "tragic and yet comedic" too!

@@TheLearningCauldron I agree. Hearing how his decline in status is represented by an allusion to the god of Shepherds as well is definitely an interesting perspective and opened my mind up to the deeper meanings the poem could have! Thank you again!

Glad you enjoyed it - good luck for your prelim!

Hi there, Thanks for your comments and suggestions. Unfortunately, there's just me making these videos (in my own limited free time) so owing to time restrictions, I have to stick to the Scottish syllabus, which is what I know best. Perhaps one day!

Thanks for taking the time to comment and good luck for your exams when the time comes :-)

Glad you found it useful :-) Hope the exam went well!

Delighted to head that you found the questions easy. Hope your other exams have gone well too :-)

So pleased you found the video helpful - thank you for taking the time to let us know :-) Good luck for results day!

​@@TheLearningCauldron A in English 🙏

@@Aaron-lg3hz Brilliant result - well done you!

I agree

Hope the exam went well on the day :-)

So glad you found it just in time :-) Hope the exam went well!

Thanks for taking the time to message and so glad that you found the vids useful :-)

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Good luck! :-)

@TheLearningCauldron it went great! Thanks so much for making these videos, they really helped.

@@SannyAli. Glad it went well for you :-)

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You guys think this coming up tomorrow?

@@joshuaware2415 I think so! Or basking shark maybe (hopefully not)..! Lets hope the 10 marker is good🙏

@@mixNmatchhh good luck

@@joshuaware2415 GOOD LUCK!!

Thank you for your lovely comment and glad you found the videos useful. Hope the exam goes/went well! :-)

Hope it went well for you and it was a fair paper. :-)

'Home' is prose fiction, as it's a (made-up) short story. Non-fiction would be something like an autobiography or a factual essay. Good luck for your essay - be sure to know the themes of the story plus the techniques that ICS uses to explore the said theme(s). Hope it goes well :-)

Really appreciate you taking the time to comment, Hannah. Hope the exam went well :-)

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Apologies - I only saw your question now, so I'm possibly too late if you were sitting N5 English yesterday. If you're doing Higher English, , though, then it would be worth reading this explanation of what the frontier was in US history: www.britannica.com/topic/American-frontier In the poem, MacCaig uses the imagery of the Wild West in an earlier stanza, so in this final stanza, he is picking up again on that previous extended metaphor. The idea is that no matter where we humans are located, we're always on the edge of possible risk/danger (just as the early American settlers on the frontier were). So he is emphasising that violence is everywhere, even though humans should have moved on because the Wild West is (at the time he was writing) about 150 years ago. Yet still people are being violent to each other in the inner city. It's a pretty despairing thought :-( Hope this helps a little. Good luck if you're sitting Higher on Thursday. :-)

Thanks for your kind comment - so glad you find them useful :-) Good luck in the exam!

Thanks for your lovely comment, Catrin. Hope the exam went well (if you were doing Nat5) or that it goes well (if you're doing Higher on Thursday). :-)

For real, they're so good. Good luck for the exam in 3 days

Glad you've found them useful and thanks for taking the time to give feedback - that's much appreciated :-) Good luck for your exams!

@@TheIslamicrememberance So glad you've found the videos useful - thanks for your comment :-)

Hope the exam went well for you :-)

I think its referring to the primordial soup

Thanks for taking the time to respond and so glad that you found the video useful. Good luck with the exam next week! :-)

@@TheLearningCauldron thank you very much, I was literally gonna watch the video on war photographer. Again, much appreciated

Your teacher is clearly braver than I am! Perhaps they could be right, but personally (being supremely risk averse myself!) I'd be reluctant to predict which poem it's going to be in any year. The key thing is to prepare all six of them thoroughly, and then you'll be perfectly placed whatever pops up in the exam. Wishing you good luck for all your exams :-)

@@TheLearningCauldron oh okay, and thank you!

Thanks for the feedback - we had no idea they had Korean subtitles! We would like to do subtitles some day, as we appreciate it would be helpful, but unfortunately, we don't have time to tackle this at the moment :-(

Yes, it's always important to know which theme(s) a writer/poet/dramatist is exploring, as then you can analyse how certain quotes (or characters/setting/etc.) are used to show something related to one of the themes.

@@TheLearningCauldron thank you so much! Your video is extremely helpful

Glad it was helpful - good luck for the exams!

Hope it went well! :-)

So glad you found them useful and thanks for commenting - good luck!

I haven't read this, but I'll certainly check it out! Thanks for your comment :-)