Unseen poetry key points
34 marker
In this poem Day- Lewis explores……. (summary)
Summarise – what is the poem about? What is the overall big message?
The speaker is….and the focus is….
It is evident immediately that….
x……….is established at the beginning of the poem….
The setting of the poem…
Speaker… 1st person?
What is the overall structure? Meaning?
Poetic form? Meaning?
Day Lewis uses……. to create the impression…
x feeling is evoked because…
when he describes….and x are used to convey…
Imagery? Extended metaphors? Mood?
Pick out language and structure from the poem. [enjambment (2 stanzas sentence hasn’t
finished), caesura (significant piece of punctuation)]
As the poem progresses, we understand/ creates the impression/ conveys….
He presents…. we understand….
The poet’s use of x or y creates the impression…
Word choice and evaluation
At the close of the poem,
We perhaps experience the….
So, we wonder……
The final image or idea of the poem….
Use adjectives and adverbs to evaluate reader’s response –
Work through the poem and talk about the FINAL IMAGE
8 markers
One paragraph about first poem…
However, /on the other hand/unlike/in contrast in poem A…
Second paragraph about contrasting things in Poem B
34 marker
In this poem Day- Lewis explores……. (summary)
Summarise – what is the poem about? What is the overall big message?
The speaker is….and the focus is….
It is evident immediately that….
x……….is established at the beginning of the poem….
The setting of the poem…
Speaker… 1st person?
What is the overall structure? Meaning?
Poetic form? Meaning?
Day Lewis uses……. to create the impression…
x feeling is evoked because…
when he describes….and x are used to convey…
Imagery? Extended metaphors? Mood?
Pick out language and structure from the poem. [enjambment (2 stanzas sentence hasn’t
finished), caesura (significant piece of punctuation)]
As the poem progresses, we understand/ creates the impression/ conveys….
He presents…. we understand….
The poet’s use of x or y creates the impression…
Word choice and evaluation
At the close of the poem,
We perhaps experience the….
So, we wonder……
The final image or idea of the poem….
Use adjectives and adverbs to evaluate reader’s response –
Work through the poem and talk about the FINAL IMAGE
8 markers
One paragraph about first poem…
However, /on the other hand/unlike/in contrast in poem A…
Second paragraph about contrasting things in Poem B
