Tag Archives: IGCSE poetry

Poetry (Seamus Heaney)

Posted on 13/05/2020 by Pat

Mid-Term Break BY SEAMUS HEANEY I sat all morning in the college sick bayCounting bells knelling classes to a close.At two o’clock our neighbours drove me home. In the porch I met my father crying—He had always taken funerals in his … Continue reading →

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Lover´s Infiniteness

Posted on 16/10/2018 by Pat

John Donne was born in 1572 and died in 1631. He was an English poet and Cleric. John Donne is considered to be one of the main representatives of the metaphysical poets. His poems are known for their vibrant language, powerful … Continue reading →

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Poetry: IGCSE 2018

Posted on 02/10/2018 by Pat

              From Songs of Ourselves Volume 2, Part 1, the following 15 poems: Edith Sitwell, ‘Heart and Mind’ William Wordsworth, ‘She was a Phantom of Delight’ Lady Mary Wroth, ‘Song’ (Love a child…) William … Continue reading →

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Last Sonnet by J. Keats

Posted on 18/09/2018 by Pat

 John Keats (Romantic Poet) Last Sonnet Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art! – Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like Nature’s patient sleepless Eremite, The moving waters at their … Continue reading →

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One Art by E. Bishop

Posted on 03/07/2018 by Pat

One Art By Elizabeth Bishop The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. Lose something every day. Accept the fluster of lost door … Continue reading →

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For Heidi With Blue Hair: your analysis

Posted on 11/06/2018 by Pat

After reading and analysing the poem together, I´d like you to do some insight and work on your own. Check the following presentation and prepare a post in your blog! For heidi with_blue_hair blog work from Pato_Ch

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Lionheart by Amanda Chong

Posted on 27/03/2018 by Pat

Amanda Chong is a lawyer trained in Cambridge and Harvard, who writes poems on her lunch breaks. A winner of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award, her poetry has been engraved on the Marina Bay Helix Bridge and … Continue reading →

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Heart and Mind

Posted on 20/03/2018 by Pat

Watch the video and annotate the poem Some more analysis Choose a topic to write an essay The poem extends the argument that the heart and the mind are irrevocably different. Comment closely on this. Comment closely on how the poet … Continue reading →

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Review on Poetry

Posted on 10/10/2017 by Pat

Tiger in the Menagerie: Check this mind-map Answer the question that follows: The poem is basically about the power of nature.It shows how powerful the tiger is in comparison with the other helpless animals in the menagerie. Do you agree? She … Continue reading →

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Last Sonnet by J. Keats

Posted on 26/09/2017 by Pat

Read the sonnet Bright star, would I were steadfast as thou art! – Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night, And watching, with eternal lids apart, Like Nature’s patient sleepless Eremite, The moving waters at their priestlike task Of … Continue reading →

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Tiger in the Menagerie

Posted on 14/03/2017 by Pat

Let`s start by listening to the writer of this poem Now, let`s listen to Emma Jones reading her poem Last year, some students prepared this presentation on the poem we are reading today: Tiger in the Menagerie from Josefinatasca Watch … Continue reading →

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Review on “The Lost Woman”

Posted on 07/03/2017 by Pat

The Lost Woman (1983) Patricia Beer My mother went with no more warning than a bright voice and a bad pain. Home from school on a June morning And where the brook goes under the lane I saw the back … Continue reading →

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