Poetry Please

Forum for discussing poetry, especially GCSE AQA anthology poems

Wednesday, 26 March 2008

Religious themes

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I agree with Artqueen when she says that On My First Sonne contains a lot of religious reference e.g. the idea that the poet committed a ...
Wednesday, 19 March 2008

Seamus Heaney - use of sound

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Heaney is known for using sound as a major literary device in his poetry. In Mid-Term Break , he talks about "counting bells nelling c...

Death of a Naturalist

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Heaney uses sound a lot in this poem. Firstly, the enjambment makes you read it as if Heaney is speaking, so that it sounds as if he is shar...
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Thursday, 6 March 2008

The Laboratory

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Browning has used a rather jaunty rhythm in this poem, which sounds almost comic in contrast to the subject matter. He also has his speaker ...
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Wednesday, 30 January 2008

On The Train

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On the Train contrasts the everyday, "Darling, I'm on the train", that overused sentence you hear all the time from people on...
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Thursday, 17 January 2008

On My First Sonne

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I think you can link this with any one of several poems in the Anthology, but Catrin (because it's about the relationship between a pare...
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Wednesday, 28 November 2007

What Were They Like?

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Look at this site for comparison suggestions and in-depth analysis of the poem.... http://www.boardthebard.com/attachments/1578.pdf The poe...
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