English Literature GCSE

Emotional restraint

What Emotional restraint means in English Literature GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

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Withheld feeling that shaped the relationship, with the poem presenting grief through what is withheld as much as what is shown.

Pearson Edexcel · Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 - Poetry Anthology: Relationships

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Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 - Poetry Anthology: Relationships (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)

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