Poem title Subject Form & Structure Themes Poems to compare
‘If’ Explore Dramatic monologue; Stoicism Half-Past Two
Rudyard Kipling qualities that iambic pentameter Parent/child Poem at Thirty-nine
Poem Title Form Themes Poems to compare
make a man. (closest to rhythm of Advice
speech) which, along Patience
with each stanza being Perseverance in
one sentence, makes face of adversity Edexcel IGCSE English
poem seem ponderous Literature Poetry Anthology
and contemplative
‘Prayer Before Birth’ Explores the Dramatic monologue Death
Louis MacNeice realities of an 8 stanzas perhaps Religion
evil world symbolising 9 months of Conflict
(written pregnancy so unborn Destruction
during WWII) child is nearing its Childhood
through the delivery date
mouth of a free verse
baby who is appearance on page as
not yet born. stanzas become longer
final couplet with very
short 3 word final line.
‘Half-Past Two’ Explores the 11 tercets (3 line Childhood and
U.A.Fanthorpe concept of stanzas) loss of it
time through simple structure and Memory
the eyes of a free verse which Time
child. reflects child’s Confinement v
innocence escape
short stanzas mirror
child’s made up chunks
of the day
‘Piano’ Explores a Lyric poem Memory
D.H.Lawrence fully grown 3 quatrains of rhyming Childhood
adult recalling couplets trochaic metre Family
the past. so light and bouncy Power of music
musical rhythm
songlike mirroring the
woman singing
‘Hide and Seek’ Explores a Internal dialogue Childhood
Vernon Scannell child learning one long stanza Growing up
the harsh free verse Life lessons
lessons of volta in last 3 lines Isolation
isolation, Irresponsibility
betrayal and
injustice
through the
‘If’ Explore Dramatic monologue; Stoicism Half-Past Two
Rudyard Kipling qualities that iambic pentameter Parent/child Poem at Thirty-nine
Poem Title Form Themes Poems to compare
make a man. (closest to rhythm of Advice
speech) which, along Patience
with each stanza being Perseverance in
one sentence, makes face of adversity Edexcel IGCSE English
poem seem ponderous Literature Poetry Anthology
and contemplative
‘Prayer Before Birth’ Explores the Dramatic monologue Death
Louis MacNeice realities of an 8 stanzas perhaps Religion
evil world symbolising 9 months of Conflict
(written pregnancy so unborn Destruction
during WWII) child is nearing its Childhood
through the delivery date
mouth of a free verse
baby who is appearance on page as
not yet born. stanzas become longer
final couplet with very
short 3 word final line.
‘Half-Past Two’ Explores the 11 tercets (3 line Childhood and
U.A.Fanthorpe concept of stanzas) loss of it
time through simple structure and Memory
the eyes of a free verse which Time
child. reflects child’s Confinement v
innocence escape
short stanzas mirror
child’s made up chunks
of the day
‘Piano’ Explores a Lyric poem Memory
D.H.Lawrence fully grown 3 quatrains of rhyming Childhood
adult recalling couplets trochaic metre Family
the past. so light and bouncy Power of music
musical rhythm
songlike mirroring the
woman singing
‘Hide and Seek’ Explores a Internal dialogue Childhood
Vernon Scannell child learning one long stanza Growing up
the harsh free verse Life lessons
lessons of volta in last 3 lines Isolation
isolation, Irresponsibility
betrayal and
injustice
through the
