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Year 10 Tallis EnglishPoetry Anthology: Love and Relationships
Please complete the tasks below each week. You should be aiming to spend 2 hours on each task. Work should be emailed to your teachers wherever possible. You need to use this booklet alongside your poetry revision guide and GCSEpod to explore the meanings of each poem.Contents:
Week One: Multiple Choice Questions and Poetic Techniques
Week Two: Complete quizzes 1-4
Week Three: quiz 5 – Mother Any Distance
Week Four: quiz 6 – Winter Swans
Week Five: quiz 7 – Before You Were Mine
Week Six: quiz 8 – Singh Song!
Week Seven: quiz 9 – Climbing My Grandfather
Week Eight: exam-style questions
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I. Multiple Choice Questions
1. How long does your Literature Exam last?
a. 2 hoursb. 2 hours 15 minutesc. 2 hours 30 minutes
2. How will you be assessed on poetry?
a. One comparison question on poems from the anthology and one comparison on unseen poems
b. One comparison question on two poems from the anthology, one question on one unseen poem and one comparison of unseen poems.
c. Two questions on a poem from the anthology and one on an unseen poem
3. What ‘cluster’ of poems have you studied?
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4. What does the examiner want to see you talk about? (tick all that apply)
a. The form, structure and language usedb. The effect of features used in the poemsc. Similarities and differences between poems d. My thoughts and opinions supported with quotes from the poems
5. How long should you spend on the poetry section of your exam?
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6. How many marks is Section B worth?
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7. Below are things to consider when thinking about the ‘context’ of a poem. Write a definition against each one:
a. Historical: The time in which the poem was written or set.b. Geographical:____________________________________________________
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c. Cultural:________________________________________________________
8. How many poems will you write about over the whole of Section B and C together?
9. What is the job of an introduction to an essay?
a. To summarise my answer.b. To give my opinion.c. To give a clear answer to the question and briefly introduce some of my main
ideas.
10. Which of the following words can be used to link your ideas? (tick all that apply):
a. Similarlyb. In contrastc. But
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II. Poetic Techniques
20 credits for completing this quiz.
1. Which of the following poetic techniques affect the sound of a poem when we say it? Select all that apply.
a. Alliterationb. Similec. Hyperboled. Rhyme
2. Describe the effect of Caesura in a line of poetry.
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3. What defines a sonnet?
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4. Select the correct definition for free verse.
a. Poetry that rhymes b. Poetry that has a regular rhythm or line lengthc. Poetry that doesn’t rhyme and has no regular rhythm or line length
5. Name two forms poems can take--e.g. Sonnet.
1)__________________
2)__________________
6. What is a stanza in poetry?
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7. Select the correct definition for structure:
a. Using sound to convey an ideab. The order and arrangement of ideasc. The tone of the poem
8. What defines a metaphor?
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9. What two things define a rhyming couplet?
a. Lines that are next to each other in the poemb. A pair of rhyming lines c. They must be at the end of the poem.
10. Give an example of personification
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11. Sonnets are traditionally about:
a. Loveb. Travelc. Hate
12. Dramatic monologues have:
a. Two speakersb. No speakerc. One speaker or voice
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13. Caesurae can be used to:
a. Create an imageb. Create flow c. Create pauses in the poem
14. Repetition can be used for:
a. Rhythmb. Pausesc. Emphasis
15. Enjambment affects the:
a. Form of the poemb. Flow of the poemc. Language used in the poem
16. To create images in the reader’s mind poets use (tick all that apply):
a. Sensory languageb. Personificationc. Rhyme
17. Repeated sounds affect the poem’s (tick all that apply):
a. Tone and moodb. Structure and formc. Rhythm
18. Metaphors and Similes add:
a. Mood and toneb. Description and imagery c. Rhythm and rhyme
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19. Phonetic spellings can show a poet’s:
a. Accent or dialectb. Feelings c. Emotions
20. Direct address is used to:
a. Create vivid imagesb. Inform us about about a relationshipc. End the poem
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III. Quizzes
Quiz 1:
‘Walking Away’, C. Day Lewis
https://genius.com/C-day-lewis-walking-away-annotated
1. Write a brief summary, no more than 3 sentences, explaining what this poem is about:
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2. For each of the techniques below say how it is used in this poem and what the effect is:
Technique Example in the poem Effect
First Person Narrator
‘I watched you play’The use and repetition of the pronouns ‘I’ and ‘you’ shows that the poet is sharing a personal experience and talking directly to his son.
Structure
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Imagery of nature
Enjambment
Language linked to pain
or trauma
Which themes are included in this poem? Colour in or circle all that apply:
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Desire memories and the past
nature death
age or growing up long distance or lost love
family relationships romantic love
Quiz 2:
‘Letters from Yorkshire’
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Maura Dooley
https://genius.com/Maura-dooley-letters-from-yorkshire-annotated
Read the poem carefully and answer the questions about the poem. The more detailed your answer, the more likely you are that your analysis and response to the poem will meet the requirements for the higher bands in the mark scheme.
1. What does the title of the poem suggest?
2. Read the whole poem. What are your first impressions? What is the poet trying to say (what is her message)?
3. Reread the personification at the end of line 3. What emotions does this personification show? What effect does it have?
4. Consider the suggestion that being close to the natural world provides happiness. Where can you find evidence of this? How does the poet communicate this idea?
5. Look at the enjambment between the end of Stanza 2 and Stanza 3 – why has the poet used enjambment here? What is the effect?
6. Explores the structure of the poem – Only in the final Stanza do we realise the depth of the two people’s relationship. What effect does this structure have?
7. Find examples of contrast in the poem. What is the importance of this? What effect does it have?
8. This poem uses free verse making it sound more like natural speech – what is the effect of this? How does it link to the content of the poem?
9. Look carefully at the speaker of the poem. What impressions do we get of them and their life?
10. Look carefully at the final line and the use of religious/spiritual language. What is the effect of including this at the end of the poem?
Which themes are included in this poem? Colour in or circle all that apply:
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desire memories and the past
nature death
age or growing up long distance or lost love
family relationships romantic love
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Quiz 3:
‘Follower’
Seamus Heaney
https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/follower-2/
When you are analysing poetry, it is important not to simply ‘device-spot’ – you will not get any marks just for listing the techniques used by the poet. The mark scheme asks you to analyse the poem with a focus on writer’s methods and a understanding of context. Use the example below to see what is expected of you and then complete your own close analysis using ‘Follower’ by Seamus Heaney.
1. Choose the word or phrase2. Explain the literal meaning3. Explain the connotations or interpretations (there may be more than one!)4. Identify the techniques being used5. Explain the effect on the reader6. Link with context, if appropriate (remember that you will not get AO3 marks for this
response, but considering this can add to your AO2 analysis).7. Summary of how meaning is shaped
1 Word or phrase
End of line 2 ‘Like…’
2 Literal meanings
When sails on a ship are full they are large and power the ship forward with the wind they capture.
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Connotations or
interpretations
The farmer’s shoulders are rounded and large like a ship’s sails powering him forward with his plough.
4 Techniques Simile, imagery
5 Effect on the reader
Makes us imagine Heaney’s father as a large, strong and powerful man.
6 Context
Heaney is looking at his father through child’s eyes, which would make his father seem larger in comparison to his childish size. It also introduces us to his admiration for his father.
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1 Word or phrase
2 Literal meanings
3
Connotations or
interpretations
4 Techniques
5 Effect on the reader
6 Context
1 Word or phrase
2 Literal meanings
3Connotations
or interpretations
4 Techniques
5 Effect on the reader
6 Context
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1 Word or phrase
2 Literal meanings
3Connotations
or interpretations
4 Techniques
5 Effect on the reader
6 Context
1 Word or phrase
2 Literal meanings
3Connotations
or interpretations
4 Techniques
5 Effect on the reader
6 Context
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Which themes are included in this poem? Colour in or circle all that apply:
desire memories and the past
nature death
age or growing up long distance or lost love
family relationships romantic love
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Quiz 4:
‘Eden Rock’
Charles Causley
https://genius.com/Charles-causley-eden-rock-annotated
1. Write a brief summary, no more than 3 sentences, explaining what this poem is about:
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2. For each of the techniques below say how it is used in this poem and what the effect is:
Technique Quote/Example Effect
Structure
Images of family life
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Language linked to light
and colour
Pace and form
Language linked to nostalgia
3. Why is the last line separated from the rest of the poem and what effect does this have on our interpretation and understanding of the poem?
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Which themes are included in this poem? Colour in or circle all that apply:
desire memories and the past
nature death
age or growing up long distance or lost love
family relationships romantic love
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Quiz 5:
‘Mother, Any Distance’
Simon Armitage
http://www.allinfo.org.uk/revision-gcse/mother.htm
Read the poem carefully and answer the questions about the poem. The more detailed your answer, the more likely you are that your analysis and response to the poem will meet the requirements for the higher bands in the mark scheme.
1. What does the title of the poem suggest?
2. Read the whole poem. What are your first impressions? What is the poet trying to say (what is his message)?
3. Reread the metaphor and hyperbole at the end of line 4. What does this line suggest? What effect does it have?
4. Consider the suggestion that a mother’s support is endless. Where can you find evidence of this? How does the poet communicate this idea?
5. At line 5, his mother is standing at the start of the tape measure – what could this be a metaphor for?
6. Explore the use of one word sentences at the end of line 8 – how can we interpret these words? What effect does this structure have?
7. Find examples of both excitement and fear/apprehension in the poem. What effect does it have?
8. This poem uses free verse making it sound more like natural speech – what is the effect of this? How does it link to the content of the poem?
9. Explore lines 12-13. What impressions do we get of his mother and her feelings?
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10. Look carefully at the final two lines (14-15) and the use of bird imagery. How can we interpret this? What is the effect of including this at the end of the poem?
Which themes are included in this poem? Colour in or circle all that apply:
desire memories and the past
nature death
age or growing up long distance or lost love
family relationships romantic love
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Quiz 6:
‘Winter Swans’
Owen Sheers
https://genius.com/Owen-sheers-winter-swans-annotated
1. Write a brief summary, no more than 3 sentences, explaining what this poem is about:
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2. For each of the techniques below say how it is used in this poem and what the effect is:
Technique Quote/Example Effect
Structure
Natural Imagery
Contrasts or Opposites
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Form
Personification
Which themes are included in this poem? Colour in or circle all that apply:
desire memories and the past
nature death
age or growing up long distance or lost love
family relationships romantic love
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QUIZ 7:
‘Before You Were Mine’
Carol Ann Duffy
https://genius.com/Carol-ann-duffy-before-you-were-mine-annotated
Read the poem carefully and answer the questions about the poem. The more detailed your answer, the more likely you are that your analysis and response to the poem will meet the requirements for the higher bands in the mark scheme.
1. What does the title of the poem suggest?
2. Read the whole poem. What are your first impressions? What is the poet trying to say (what is her message)?
3. Reread the figurative language at the end of line 7. What does this line suggest? What effect does it have?
4. Consider the suggestion that a woman’s fun stops when she has a child. Where can you find evidence of this? How does the poet communicate this idea?
5. Look at line 20, and the repetition used – what is the effect?
6. Explore the use of four equal stanzas. What effect does this form have? What might it represent?
7. Find examples of nostalgia in the poem. What effect does it have?
8. This poem begins and ends with the same image – what is the effect of this? How does it link to the content of the poem?
9. In lines 9 and 10 what is the effect of the colloquial language? What impressions do we get of her mother?
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10. Look carefully at the final two stanzas. How can we interpret this? What is the tone of these stanza and how do they leave us feeling at the end of the poem?
Which themes are included in this poem? Colour in or circle all that apply:
desire memories and the past
nature death
age or growing up long distance or lost love
family relationships romantic love
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Quiz 8:
‘Singh Song!’
Daljit Nagra
https://genius.com/Daljit-nagra-singh-song-annotated
Write a brief summary, no more than 3 sentences, explaining what this poem is about:
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1. For each of the techniques below say how it is used in this poem and what the effect is:
Technique Quote/Example Effect
Structure and Form
Humour
Phonetic language
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Repetition
Rebellion
Which themes are included in this poem? Colour in or circle all that apply:
desire memories and the past
nature death
age or growing up long distance or lost love
family relationships romantic love
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Quiz 9:
‘Climbing My Grandfather’
Andrew Waterhouse
https://poemanalysis.com/climbing-my-grandfather-by-andrew-waterhouse-poem-analysis/
Read the poem carefully and answer the questions about the poem. The more detailed your answer, the more likely you are that your analysis and response to the poem will meet the requirements for the higher bands in the mark scheme.
1. What does the title of the poem suggest?
2. Read the whole poem. What are your first impressions?
3. Explain the extended metaphor that runs through the poem.
4. What is the tone of this poem? What is the effect? How does it make you feel?
5. Look at lines 5 & 6. How can we interpret the enjambment, and how does it relate to the overall theme? What image does it create?
6. Highlight examples of adjectives related to mountains. What can you say about this language?
7. Read lines 10-12 – What impression do we get of the poet?
8. Consider the beginning and the end of the poem – What has changed?
9. Reread the last line – What is the effect of its monosyllabic structure?
10. Summarise the relationship between grandson and grandfather presented in this poem.
Which themes are included in this poem? Colour in or circle all that apply:
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desire memories and the past
nature death
age or growing up long distance or lost love
family relationships romantic love
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IV. Exam Style Questions
100 credits for each completed 45 minute timed essay.
BONUS: 20 extra credits for using a mark scheme skills grid and/or a PLC to self-assess your essay.
Using the knowledge you have accumulated, attempt these exam-style questions. Once completed, use the mark scheme to see if you can self-assess your essay.
1. Compare how the poet presents nature in ‘Letters from Yorkshire’ and one other poem from Love and Relationships.
2. Compare the way the poet presents growing up in ‘Mother Any Distance’ and one other poem from Love and Relationships.
3. Compare the way the poet presents the parent child relationship in ‘Follower’ and one other poem from Love and Relationships.
4. Compare the way the poet presents memories in ‘Before You Were Mine’ and one other poem from Love and Relationships.
5. Compare the way the writer presents romantic love in ‘Singh Song!’ and one other poem from Love and Relationships.
6. Compare the way the writer presents strong bonds in ‘Before You Were Mine’ and one other poem from Love and Relationships.
7. Compare the way the writer presents death in ‘Eden Rock’ and one other poem from Love and Relationships.
8. Compare the way the writer presents admiration in ‘Climbing My Grandfather’ and one other poem from Love and Relationships.
9. Compare the way the writer presents independence in ‘Mother Any Distance’ and one other poem from Love and Relationships.
10. Compare the way the writer presents longing and desire in ‘Letters from Yorkshire’ and one other poem from Love and Relationships.
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V. Academic Reading
Read each of the texts that will help you to develop your skills when studying unseen poetry. Once you have completed your reading of each, summarise the key learning points into a ten-point summary.
1. What is poetry?
In order to analyse it, we need to understand what it is. This is one person’s view in response to that question, but this will support your understanding of what you’re looking at when you study a poem.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/20570534.pdf?refreqid=excelsior%3Ad27bd82b06db192a5de461a4817eba92
2. Writing about poetry:
Read p13-29 of this book (available as a free preview): Studying Poetry by Barry Spurr.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=S0IwDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=studying+poetry&ots=lrgdGgMtQy&sig=JQU1IvASsAZsZiyzh2BDEevU5xI#v=onepage&q=studying%20poetry&f=false
3. Wartime Poetry:
Read the introduction (available as a free preview) on pages ix-xiii of this book. English Poetry of the First World War by John H. Johnstone.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=by7WCgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=English+war+poetry&ots=ljPhX8aZ2-&sig=eFAs_sauJDxWMgk8Sg2eLpONzF4#v=onepage&q=English%20war%20poetry&f=false
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