Eat Me – Awaken English

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Patience Agbabi: Eat Me

May 8, 2022by Jancke DunnLeave a Comment

A compendium of useful links, exemplar material, resources and home learning: Femininity & Relationships Revision https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=bekjCZQhQE0

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Poems of the Decade: Essay Questions

May 16, 2019by Jancke DunnLeave a Comment

A list of potential essay questions to form revision and speed planning practice: Compare the ways in which poets explore the idea of getting older in To My Nine-Year-Old Self by Helen Dunmore and one other poem of your choice from Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002–2011. [...]

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Femininity and Relationships in ‘Eat Me’ and ‘Material’

October 10, 2018May 8, 2019by Jancke DunnLeave a Comment

How do the poets present femininity and relationships within ‘Eat Me’ and ‘Material’? Conclusion Ultimately, Ros Barber and Patience Agbabi both illustrate the intimate relationships; natural femininity and expectations that society has of women in their presentation of a toxic romantic relationship in ‘Eat Me’ and the overwhelming desire to emulate her mother in ‘Material’. [...]