I feel the more I return to this cluster
of poems, the more I feel at home with their ideas and enjoy their craft.
After engaging with poetry in such a vacuum for a breadth of time with my
Year 11 class I appreciate all over again what magical poetry is, from one of
my favourite poets, Simon Armitage and his 'Give', to a poem I've more recently
been introduced to, the witty 'Singh Song'.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/singh-song-by-daljit-nagra/11723.html
Dalgit Nagra video on his poem
http://www.sheerpoetry.co.uk/gcse/daljit-nagra/singh-song
comments on his poem
We have worked on shape and form of poems, starting here because this is an area some find challenging, considering the five stanzas of 'Give', representing a hand being held out by the homeless person of the poem, begging for change, or the 'River God' with its irregular rhythm, symbolising the reeds in the bed of the river or more precisely, as one of my class stated: the smooth surface of the river being the justified edge of the poem and the line endings of a variety of lengths representing the unknown depth and power of the river (Wow! What a comment and exploration!)
More importantly the exploration of shape and form is about your confidence to explore the patterns and consider the meanings you can associate with the ideas and themes in the poems.
I have also returned to BBC Bitesize which has in the English Literature section a whole section of notes about the whole cluster, (Scroll down to beyond the old stuff.) No need to buy revision guides with this available. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/poetrycharactervoice/
We have worked on shape and form of poems, starting here because this is an area some find challenging, considering the five stanzas of 'Give', representing a hand being held out by the homeless person of the poem, begging for change, or the 'River God' with its irregular rhythm, symbolising the reeds in the bed of the river or more precisely, as one of my class stated: the smooth surface of the river being the justified edge of the poem and the line endings of a variety of lengths representing the unknown depth and power of the river (Wow! What a comment and exploration!)
More importantly the exploration of shape and form is about your confidence to explore the patterns and consider the meanings you can associate with the ideas and themes in the poems.
I have also returned to BBC Bitesize which has in the English Literature section a whole section of notes about the whole cluster, (Scroll down to beyond the old stuff.) No need to buy revision guides with this available. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/english_literature/poetrycharactervoice/
Also see the
flowing video in ‘The Ruined Maid’ by Thomas Hardy in the cluster.
Bring on the Unit 2 mock exam in October
and January for the external exam!
Mrs Leary
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