Poetry anthology Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Here’s a complete breakdown of the poem ‘Funeral Blues’ by W. H. Auden from the 2023-2025 CAIE / Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Poetry Anthology (Songs of Ourselves, Volume 1, Part 4). This resource includes: VOCABULARY STORY + SUMMARY SPEAKER + VOICE ATTITUDES LANGUAGE FEATURES STRUCTURE / FORM CONTEXT THEMES ATTITUDES TASKS + EXERCISES POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS

Here’s a complete breakdown of the poem ‘Away, Melancholy’ by Stevie Smith; from the 2023-2025 CAIE / Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Poetry Anthology (Songs of Ourselves, Volume 1, Part 4). This resource includes: VOCABULARY STORY + SUMMARY SPEAKER + VOICE ATTITUDES LANGUAGE FEATURES STRUCTURE / FORM CONTEXT THEMES ATTITUDES TASKS + EXERCISES POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS

Here’s a complete breakdown of the poem ‘The Storm Wind' by William Barnes from the CAIE / Cambridge A Level Poetry Anthology for 2023. (Songs of Ourselves: Volume 2, Paper 2, Section B Poetry) Includes, but is not limited to: VOCABULARY STORY / SUMMARY SPEAKER / VOICE ATTITUDES LANGUAGE FEATURES STRUCTURE / FORM CONTEXT THEMES EXERCISES POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS

Revising the poem "London" GCSE English Literature

Here’s a complete breakdown of the poem ‘He Never Expected Much’ by Thomas Hardy from the 2023-2025 CAIE / Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Poetry Anthology (Songs of Ourselves, Volume 1, Part 4). This resource includes: VOCABULARY STORY + SUMMARY SPEAKER + VOICE ATTITUDES LANGUAGE FEATURES STRUCTURE / FORM CONTEXT THEMES ATTITUDES TASKS + EXERCISES POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS

Here’s a complete breakdown of the poem ‘Night Sweat’ by Robert Lowell from the 2023-2025 CAIE / Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Poetry Anthology (Songs of Ourselves, Volume 1, Part 4). This resource includes: VOCABULARY STORY + SUMMARY SPEAKER + VOICE ATTITUDES LANGUAGE FEATURES STRUCTURE / FORM CONTEXT THEMES ATTITUDES TASKS + EXERCISES POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS

Here’s a complete breakdown of the poem from ‘Long Distance II’ by Tony Harrison from the 2023-2025 CAIE / Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Poetry Anthology (Songs of Ourselves, Volume 1, Part 4). This resource includes: VOCABULARY STORY + SUMMARY SPEAKER + VOICE ATTITUDES LANGUAGE FEATURES STRUCTURE / FORM CONTEXT THEMES ATTITUDES TASKS + EXERCISES POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS

Here’s a complete breakdown of the poem ‘The Darkling Thrush' by Thomas Hardy from the CAIE / Cambridge A Level Poetry Anthology for 2023. (Songs of Ourselves: Volume 2, Paper 2, Section B Poetry) Includes, but is not limited to: VOCABULARY STORY / SUMMARY SPEAKER / VOICE ATTITUDES LANGUAGE FEATURES STRUCTURE / FORM CONTEXT THEMES EXCERSISES POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS

Here’s a complete breakdown of the poem ‘The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument’ by Anne Stevenson from the 2023-2025 CAIE / Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Poetry Anthology (Songs of Ourselves, Volume 1, Part 4). This resource includes: VOCABULARY STORY + SUMMARY SPEAKER + VOICE ATTITUDES LANGUAGE FEATURES STRUCTURE / FORM CONTEXT THEMES ATTITUDES TASKS + EXERCISES POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS

Here’s a complete breakdown of the poem ‘Australia 1970' by Judith Wright from the CAIE / Cambridge A Level Poetry Anthology for 2023. (Songs of Ourselves: Volume 2, Paper 2, Section B Poetry) This resource includes: THE POEM (copyright permitting) VOCABULARY STORY / SUMMARY SPEAKER / VOICE ATTITUDES LANGUAGE FEATURES STRUCTURE / FORM CONTEXT THEMES EXERCISES ESSAY QUESTIONS