A step by Step guide to writing essays on poems.

In all poetry essays, you will be expected to explain your understanding of an aspects of a poem or poems and discuss the ways the poet's choices of language and structure create and shape meaning. Marks are awarded according to your ability in three key areas: INTERPRETATION LANGUAGE STRUCTURE Understanding the various layers of meaning in a poem Understanding how language creates and shapes meaning Understanding how meaning is developed across a whole poem How …

…show which one possesses which by adding apostrophe+s to its end. So the school's entrance is correct because the entrance is 'possessed by the school, also Alan's book shows a similar possession. But watch out for it's. With an apostrophe this is always a shortened form of it is or it has, as in it's cold. If you mean belonging to it, as in its fur is shiny and smooth, no apostrophe is needed