Poems of the Decade: Essay Questions

Poems of the Decade: Essay Questions

Use this tool to prepare for potential and past paper essay questions for English Literature Poems of the Decade and see which texts and themes have appeared in recent years for examinations. Useful revision tools for 9ET0 and WET0 specifications alike. Subscriber Content 8ET03 Poems of the Decade Past Paper Questions 24 marks June 2016 [...]

Poems of the Decade: Homework Schedule

Poems of the Decade: Homework Schedule

  Week 1: Watch ‘The Deliverer’ A-level Literature Playlist   Week 2: Essay: How is suffering presented within the Poems of the Decade collection? 1000 words Watch ‘Giuseppe’ A-level Literature Playlist   Week 3: Watch ‘Out of the Bag’ A-level Literature Playlist     Week 4: Essay: How is the memory or identity depicted in [...]

Poems of the Decade: Coping with Difficulty

Poems of the Decade: Coping with Difficulty

Compare the ways in which poets present people coping with difficulties in ‘Please Hold’ and ‘A Minor Role’   O’Driscoll and Fanthorpe portray a wide sense of people coping with difficulties all throughout both ‘Please Hold’ and ‘A Minor Role’. Both poems interweave a sense of nihilism, time passing and the progressiveness of suffrage. However, [...]

Poems of the Decade: Presentation of Gender

Poems of the Decade: Presentation of Gender

Compare the ways in which gender is presented within ‘The Gun’ by Vicki Feaver and ‘Chainsaw versus the Pampas Grass’ by Simon Armitage.   Student Exemplar: The theme of Gender is presented strongly throughout ‘The Gun’ by Vicki Feaver as well as ‘Chainsaw versus the Pampas Grass’ written by Simon Armitage. The theme of gender [...]

Retrieval Challenge: Literature Revision

The 'Retrieval Challenge Grid' outlines the revision strategy for the A-level Literature Mock Exam, focusing on key works such as 'A Streetcar Named Desire', 'Othello', and the 'Poems of the Decade'. This resource aims to aid students in efficiently preparing for the exam.

Presentation of Age in ‘Poems of the Decade’ Anthology

The class flipchart compares three poems from the 'Poems of the Decade' Forward Anthology, focusing on how age is presented in "Easy Passage," "To My Nine-Year Old Self," and "A Leisure Centre is a Temple of Learning." Note that the latter is included only in the Edexcel International A-Level collection.

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

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

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’. [...]