
A compendium of useful links, exemplar material, resources and home learning: Lines Written in Early Spring: A Summary
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Exploring the role of Nature in the works of Romantic Poets William Blake and William Wordsworth. Nature is presented as an essential constituent within Romantic poetry, encompassing the intrinsic pastoral reverence of poets belonging to the Romantic movement. Both William Blake and William Wordsworth are avid disciples of the championing of the natural world and [...]
War Photographer Annotated Poem https://youtu.be/doV8xokcTuo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS54-VkQEA4
'The Tyger' Annotated Poem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lmQHdYYqQk&t=6s
A fully annotated copy of the poem ‘Still I Rise’ by Maya Angelou to support the teaching of Edexcel IGCSE English Language Poetry & Prose Anthology. This can also be used to guide the teaching of this prose text as a coursework element. Subscriber Content Premium content here only be visible to you as a [...]
Important vocabulary for approaching the Edexcel iGCSE Poetry Anthology part of the exam. The words selected either appear in the poems themselves as trickier language or can be used in analysis. Arabic translations included for English Language Learners. Vocabulary Translation Definition Synonym 1 Congregation (n.) مجمع A group of people assembled for religious [...]
'Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night' Annotated Poem 'Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night' Second Set of Annotations Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night Illustrations & Graphic Novel The Presentation of Love in 'Do not go gentle into that good night' and 'Poem at 39' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJxW3KgU_XE
Example Analysis of 'Half-past Two' in the Edexcel iGCSE examined unit. U. A. Fanthorpe’s “Half-past Two” presents the concept of time through the eyes of a child. Here the poet puts forward the abstract notion of Time as viewed by a child in the concrete, who does not fully comprehend it and therein finds himself [...]