When making a point about a poem it’s important to support what you say by closely referencing the text. Find out how to make the most of key quotations - and how to keep them fresh in your memory.
Different readers can have completely different views about the same poem. When you offer your interpretation, you need to be able to say why you think as you do. That’s where quoting or referring to the text can help.
When using quotations from a poem, you need to:
Sometimes you’ll use a reference rather than a quotation. This means describing a particular part of the text, rather than writing an exact quote from it.