Hey i was wondering for Module B Critical Study of Texts my prescribed text is T.S Eliot. This means there are five poems as a prescribed text and i was wondering is it likely if BOSTES specifices a poem ?
They absolutely can specify a poem! I studied W B Yeats' poetry and they have specified poems many times before

So, it is important that you know each one enough that you can sustain perhaps two paragraphs about them, but you obviously have some favourites (obviously? More like, hopefully!) that you will privilege in your study time - that's ok too! Just cover all bases

For the phrase "A few moments in the countryside …. could number among the most significant and useful of one’s life”, i want to say it's an adage/maxim/aphorism, but can these words only be applied to already well-known sayings? Thanks 
Mmm...it can be a maxim, but my understanding of that was it was a very well known saying, like "not all those who wonder are lost." I thought the same of adage too. I could be totally off the mark here, I'm not super familiar with these unfortunately! But, aphorism sounds really promising!
Hi, I have a couple of last minute questions 
1. When a questions asks something like,"How has your understanding of text A been shaped by text B?" or for example, Mod B, " *some statement about your text*. Does your opinion agree with this statement?" Is it advised that we write in first person?
2. If they give us an extract for poetry, with something like "How do these lines reflect the broader concern of Eliot's poetry as a whole?" do we have to continually make links between that extract and the other poem/s? Or is it alright to simply have the first paragraph on the extract and then relate the other three paragraphs to the first paragraph? I don't know if that quite makes sense haha.
Thanks!
Heya! Good questions. To answer Q1, I advise against using first person and instead take on a more formal register that talks like, "One may experience a more thorough understanding of..." Or, "To a contemporary audience..." or, "A modern student of the work..." So I kind of put my perspective in that way, I think it just keeps it more sophisticated.
Q2. This is tricky. I'd be inclined to give a significant initial focus on the meaning of those few lines. Once you've clarified the meaning, then I'd take it further by applying it to the other aspects of his work, the other poems, and bringing in the meaning recognised in the initial lines, rather than actually continually quoting the lines. Also, use the word
oeuvre. It's a wonderful word.
Hopefully that helps! Let me know if I've missed the mark
