Poetry Revision Links

Year 11

GCSE

English Literature

Please select the poetry section that you have been studying in lessons0 Relationships

Or if you want extra revision material…

How to compare two poems: SMILE the examiner talks us through an A* essay.StructureMeaningImagesLanguageEffectUnseen Poetry Tips and Revision

Analysis of the unseen poem!

0 Remember that you need to revise both contemporary and literary heritage poems. There are separate slides for each section.

0Relationship cluster revision site

Contemporary Relationship Poems

0 The Manhunt0 Hour0 In Paris With You0 Quickdraw Quickdraw0 Ghazal Ghazal Ghazal0 Brothers Brothers0 Praise Song For My Mother

Praise Song For My Mother0 Harmonium Harmonium

Harmonium

Big thanks to Mr Bruff and his amazing YouTube videos.

• You will need to have the relevant text to help you understand and note down the analysis. • Remember, you should make notes during the videos and you can pause the clips to help you keep up with

the narrators’ ideas. • Some of the videos are pretty advanced and long: you should consider watching them in short chunks to

give you time to absorb and process the ideas. • It is good to re-watch the clips as well (to make sure you got all the relevant ideas). • Where there are two videos, it is worth considering the different interpretations as this will boost your exam

score. Likewise, if you have a different interpretation to the video as this is also good because you will have gained a new angle to include in your exam answer.

• As part of your effective revision, you should consider which poems are compatible with each other as the question will require you to write about two.

Literary Heritage Relationship Poems

0 Sonnet 116 Sonnet 116 Sonnet 116

0 Sonnet 43 Sonnet 430 To His Coy Mistress To His Coy Mistress0 The Farmer’s Bride The Farmer’s Bride0 Sister Maude Sister Maude0 Nettles Nettles Nettles0 Born Yesterday Born Yesterday

Born Yesterday

• You will need to have the relevant text to help you understand and note down the analysis. • Remember, you should make notes during the videos and you can pause the clips to help you

keep up with the narrators’ ideas. • Some of the videos are pretty advanced and long: you should consider watching them in short

chunks to give you time to absorb and process the ideas. • It is good to re-watch the clips as well (to make sure you got all the relevant ideas). • Where there are two videos, it is worth considering the different interpretations as this will

boost your exam score. Likewise, if you have a different interpretation to the video as this is also good because you will have gained a new angle to include in your exam answer.

• As part of your effective revision, you should consider which poems are compatible with each other as the question will require you to write about two.