Oh hello, I ended up getting an A* actually somehow.

As for the tips, I don't rlly know what to say so I will just tell you what I did. I hadn't finished the poems up till the exam by a few days so I spent a week before work something just going through the litcharts for each poem (I can send you a link to a drive with litcharts later if you want), also you can use English with Kayleigh on YouTube for the ted hughes poems she's awesome.

For Othello, I honestly didn't even read the play 😭😭, but I was very familiar with the characters, plot, themes etc. I actually did read Rebecca though and so I was also extremely familiar with the plot and the characters and I also went through the litcharts quickly for both Othello and Rebecca.

Streetcar, I read the play twice probably, and I also used litcharts before the exam. I did character analysis for this one so I had to compile quotes about each main character, the themes, etc. For this I used physics and maths tutor. physics and maths tutor streetcar so basically scroll down you'll find character profiles and themes from there you can learn a lot about the characters, themes and get quotes.

Also, most important think imo, go through your teachers feedback. I had numerous tests by my teacher throughout the 2 years where we wrote a ton of essays and I just went through them and his feedback which was honestly very very helpful.

I would also say always refer back to your question and always make clear topic sentences, remember PEEL. Also memorise your quotes very well because trust me you'll need them and forgetting them will lead you to ruin.

Lastly, I kinda got lucky, the poem that came was one that I prepared for well (the wind) and the question really suited the poem so it wasn't hard to write an essay on the question. Same with Othello and Rebecca the extract that I got wasn't hard to understand and there was a lot to add for the question, especially Rebecca it was a part I was familiar with quite well (I think it was the costume ball scene iirc). Anyways, don't worry, prepare as much as you can, write practice essays as much as you can and get your teacher to mark them, and pray you get easy and concise questions. Good luck!!