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English Literature Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley The poem starts off with a tourist meeting an explorer. The explorer tells the story of a once powerful king, Ozymandias who's kingdom has now collapsed and all that remains is his br... Martha Heath
Island Man - analysis Island Man - Grace Nichols Morningand island man wakes upto the sound of blue surfin his headthe steady breaking and wombingwild seabirdsand fishermen pushing out to seathe sun surfacing defiantlyfrom the eastof his s... sinulienka
My Rivals House My Rival's HouseIs peopled with many surfaces,Ormolu and gilt, slipper satin,lush velvet couches,cushions so stiff you can't sink in.Table polished clear enough to see distortions in.We take our shoes off at her door,... Average rating 5.0 out of 5 (2 ratings) · Megan Campbell
Valentine Overview The narrator is describing the nature of love. They describe love as an onion and give it to their lover as Valentine's Day gift. It is not one of the traditional things we typically associate with love, but ... Summer Pearce
Havisham and Valentine comparison “Havisham” and “Valentine” are both poems by “Carol Ann Duffy”. They both explore the theme of love or rather painful love. the poet revels the link between the two poems’s through a verity of techniques which is done... hayley-stewart
My Country Poem Annotation: Dorothea My Country Poem Annotation Wednesday, 25 May 2016 11:20 AM Initial Thoughts: Mackellar is describing the country that she loves "running in your veins". This represents blood and heritage. "Strong love of grey-blue di... D Arora
Leaving Cert Poetry 2017 Bishop, Elizabeth The Fish The Bight At the Fishhouses The Prodigal Questions of Travel The Armadillo Sestina First Death in Nova Scotia Filling Station In the Waiting Room Boland, Eavan Average rating 4.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) · Mark O'M
Poems 'Eat Me' - Patience Agbabi   The speaker recounts the ways in which a man, presumably her partner, insists she eats a lot of food because he likes 'big girls'. At the beginning of the poem, the speaker weighs 30 ... T P
Poem: Wind - Ted Hughes Wind - Ted Hughes Poem: Revolves around nature  Realise on imagery and onomatopoeia Man is introduced in the 3rd stanza shows that man vs nature may be negative  Trying to show its power through na... Gaia Cassar
Untitled Week One    Introduction to poetry- Billy Collins Introduction to Poetry is a poem that is more than the sum of its metaphorical parts. Billy Collins wrote it in the hope that it would encourage readers... ena
Poem: Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley Title:  " Ozymandias " - Its a name so associated with a person                              - We have ... Gaia Cassar
Obituary: Seamus Heaney Seamus Heaney was internationally recognised as the greatest Irish poet since WB Yeats. Like Yeats, he won the Nobel Prize for literature and, like Yeats, his reputation and influence spread far beyond literary circle... jennifer hall
Untitled The Whitsun Wedding - (Whitsun = time of spiritual rebirth ) Inspired by a journey Larkin took from Hull to London on a Whit Saturday A journey poem, in which a solitary traveller observes wedding parties on station p... niamhmoynagh
Heaney and Owens- Poem contrast 80 mark "Their poetry frequently focuses on the effects of death." In response to this view explore connections between the ways in which Heaney and Sheers write about death. You must analyse in detail at least two poems from... Hannah Richards
RS Comprehension Questions Name the two types of evil the poet is referring to and give examples. The poet commonly refers to moral evil, such as poverty and unhappiness. Moral evil is a type of evil that can be prevented- a line of the poem sa... Aafreen Butt
Untitled title-- an intensive search- sets a negative tone and connotation- search for victim, missing. After the first phase,after passionate nights and intimate days,only then would he let me tracethe frozen river which ran ... twobs
Poetry Friesian Bull Reference to the bull's nature summer haysmells [ olfactory imagery ] : nostalgic; summer: connotes happy environment herd's freedom [ diction ] : contrasts with the absence of friends or companions: hig... Audrey Ching
The Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team Overview Dramatic monologue told by a male, adult persona, who is remembering his childhood in the 1960's. There are pop culture references, like the songs and different general knowledge facts he remembers from his c... Susan McCraith
ELA 7 Literary Devices and Poetry Analysis Common Figures of Speech and Literary Devices Allusion - a reference to something or some person from literature, religious lore, or history  EX: "All overgrown by cunning moss, All interspersed with we... Gabriel Beldad
An Arundel Tomb Side by side, their faces blurred, The earl and countess lie in stone, Their proper habits vaguely shown As jointed armour, stiffened pleat, And that faint hint of the absurd - The little dogs... Alyssa Bibat
Blackberry-Picking by Seamus Heaney Late August, given heavy rain and sunfor a full week, the blackberries would ripen. Summer time; poem about blackberriesAt first, just one, a glossy purple clot (only one first)clot has connotations to blood clot, sto... Yash Shah
Literary Devices in Our Set Poems Poem 1 : Caged Bird Caged Bird - Maya Angelou    CAGED BIRD  A free bird leaps on the back of the wind    and floats downstream    till the current ends and dips his wing i... Gianna Chibesa
'Half -Caste' and 'No Problem' comparison 'Half -Caste' and 'No Problem' comparison Half-caste' by John Agard and 'No Problem' by Benjamin Zephaniah are two very emotive poems challenging racism and racist views. Both poets attack stereotypes, using their own... Lakshana Baheerathan
Brothers Saddled with you for the afternoon, me and Paulambled across the threadbare field to the bus-stop,talking over Sheffield Wednesday's chances in the cupwhile you skipped beside us in your ridiculous tank-top,spouting s... cheekycharlie-99
NEA Youth and Beauty plan: Having been transformed into an object of terror and imperfection through the potential infidelity of someone of outward physical perfection, she proceeds to issue a chilling warning in the shap... Alicia Horrigan
Originally Originally We came from our own country in a red room which fell through the fields, our mother singing our father's name to the turn of the wheels. My brothers cried, one of them bawling, Home, Home, as the mile... Hannah F
The Explosion On the day of the explosion Shadows pointed towards the pithead: In thesun the slagheap slept. Down the lane came men in pitboots Coughing oath-edged talk and pipe-smoke Shouldering off the fr... Alyssa Bibat
At Grass The eye can hardly pick them out From the cold shade they shelter in, Till wind distresses tail and main; Then one crops grass, and moves about - The other seeming to look on - And stands anon... Alyssa Bibat
The Explosion On the day of the explosion Shadows pointed towards the pithead: In thesun the slagheap slept. Down the lane came men in pitboots Coughing oath-edged talk and pipe-smoke Shouldering off the fr... eimearkelly3
At Grass The eye can hardly pick them out From the cold shade they shelter in, Till wind distresses tail and main; Then one crops grass, and moves about - The other seeming to look on - And stands anon... eimearkelly3
Poetry Analysis Poetry: a way of giving others insight into our hearts and minds Poetry appreciation/analysis: about interpreting language of poetry to uncover meanings of a poem/understanding ideas and feelings conveyed by the poet ... S74Rlight_xoxo
tissue TISSUE BY IMITAZ DHARKERABOUT THE POET main themes of her poetry are geographical and cultural displacement, communal conflict and gender poem comes from a book of poems about a world struck by fundamentalism tissue i... Jessica West
Key Features of a Poem What are the different types of imagery? 1. Literal 2. Sensory 3. Auditory 4. Olfactory 5. Kinesthetic 6. Tactile 7. Gustatory What are the different types of sound?1. Assonance2. Consonants3. Onomatopeia4. Dissonants... FOOCHOOLA3 .
poems - created from Mind Map On his Blindness"when i consider how my light is spent"=how he spent his life, how his sight is used up."ere half my days"=before my life is over"in this dark world and wide"=alliteration, blindtalent=money, servant t... lizerigby
Untitled William Blake and Caroline Duffy show very different perspectives of how school can affect the childhood experience. Duffy’s poem ‘in Mrs Tilschers Class’ gives us a nostalgic view of a child’s experience in school, r... noah felly
MCMXIV Those long uneven linesStanding as patientlyAs if they were stretched outsideThe Oval or Villa Park,The crowns of hats, the sunOn moustached archaic facesGrinning as if it were allAn August Bank Holiday lark; And the ... eimearkelly3
English Unseen Poetry exam prep English Unseen poetry, P1What you have to do in the exam.As part of your GCSE AQA English Literature course, you'll have to do a poetry exam. Its called unit 2 Poetry across time. The exam will have a 'Unseen poetry' ... Lucy Horsman
Untitled The Long Queen couldn't die. Young when she bowed her head for the cold weight of the crown, she'd looked at the second son of the earl, the foreign prince, the heir to the duke, the lord, the baronet, the c... Isabella P
Winter - Edwin Morgan Winter Openiing Lines Winter Ashley Macleod
English - 1.1 THE CITY PLANNERS Intro Don't talk about the poem. Use the poem as evidence. General strong sentence on the chosen question. Strong statement on the poets view - backed up with the poem. 2nd sentence needs to bring ou... Olivia Currie

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These notes offer different ways into a poem. Start with the notes on how to analyse a poem if you want a general starting point. For a close look at one poem, try Island Man - analysis or Valentine. The notes on The Forge bring together quotations and techniques, including imagery and onomatopoeia.

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As you read a note, pick out a quotation and the technique discussed alongside it. Then put the explanation into your own words. For comparison practice, Havisham and Valentine comparison looks at how the poems explore love.

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The notes on how to analyse a poem offer a general starting point. If you are studying a particular poem, try Island Man - analysis or Valentine instead. The Forge is another option if you want to look at quotations alongside techniques such as imagery and onomatopoeia.

Do the notes cover comparisons as well as individual poems?

Yes. Havisham and Valentine comparison looks at how the poems explore love and uses techniques to discuss the connection between them. The page also lists notes on comparing two poems. Alongside these, you can find individual poem notes such as The Forge and Island Man - analysis.

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