REVISION GUIDE CONTENTS:
YEAR 12
ANTHOLOGY
POETRY
REVISION
GUIDE
1. HISTORICAL CONTEXT OVERVIEW
2. GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT OVERVIEW
3. LOVE THAT DOTH REIGN AND LIVE WITHIN MY
THOUGHT Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (15171547)
4. NEW PRINCE, NEW POMP Robert Southwell (15611595)
5. SONNET CXXX William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
6. SONNET: BATTER MY HEART John Donne (15721631)
7. TO VIRGINS TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME Robert
Herrick (1591-1674)
8. SONNET XIX: ON HIS BLINDNESS John Milton
(1608-1674)
9. TO MY DEAR AND LOVING HUSBAND Anne
Bradstreet (1612-1672)
10.THE MOWER AGAINST GARDENS Andrew Marvell
(1621-1678)
11.A SATIRICAL ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A LATE
FAMOUS GENERAL Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
12.THE TYGER William Blake (1757-1827)
13.I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD William
Wordsworth (1770-1850)
14.KUBLA KHAN (EXTRACT) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(1772-1834)
15.THE WAR-SONG OF DINAS VAWR Thomas Love
Peacock (1785-1866)
16.SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY George Gordon Byron, Lord
Byron (1788-1824)
17.OZYMANDIAS Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
18.FIRST LOVE John Clare (1793-1864)
19.TO AUTUMN John Keats (1795-1821)
20.A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT Elizabeth Barrett
Browning (1806-1861)
21.BREAK,BREAK, BREAK Alfred Lord Tennyson (18091892)
22.SPELLBOUND Emily Brontë (1818-1848)
23. THERE IS NO GOD, THE WICKED SAITH Arthur
Hugh Clough (1819-1861)
24. DYING Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
25. SONG Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894)
26. NATURE’S QUESTIONING Thomas Hardy (18401928)
27. GOD’S GRANDEUR Gerard Manley Hopkins
(1844-1889)
28. ANTHOLOGY GENERAL COMPARISON
29. EXAM EXTRACTS AND SAMPLE TEXTS
30. EXAM EXTRACTS AND SAMPLE TEXTS
OVERVIEW OF THE POETRY – GETTING INTO THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT
1. Create a timeline of all the poets in the Anthology and how they over lap.
a. Include their birth/death dates.
b. Key historical events.
c. The date the particular poem was written.
1517
1894
2. Using the world map below, locate all your poets:
LOVE THAT DOTH REIGN & LIVE WITHIN MY THOUGHT
TASK: Using the grid below find 3 examples of each key feature of the poem.
OVERVIEW:
‘THE GRID’
FORM &
STRUCTURE
SYNTAX &
GRAMMAR
LEXIS &
IMAGERY
POETIC VOICE/
NARRATIVE
STANCE
PHONOLOGY &
ORTHOGRAPHY
STATEMENT
EVIDENCE
ANALYSIS
NEW PRINCE, NEW POMP
TASK: Write a one page diary entry for Robert Southwell, just before his execution. Try to
mimic his written style.
TO VIRGINS TO MAKE TO MUCH OF TIME
TASK: Using the grid below find 3 examples of each key feature of the poem.
OVERVIEW:
‘THE GRID’
FORM &
STRUCTURE
SYNTAX &
GRAMMAR
LEXIS &
IMAGERY
POETIC VOICE/
NARRATIVE
STANCE
PHONOLOGY &
ORTHOGRAPHY
STATEMENT
EVIDENCE
ANALYSIS
SONNET CXXX
TASK: Write a letter to the subject of this sonnet. In it, include another of Shakespeare’s
famous sonnets and explain how they BOTH show the same theme of true love lasting forever
through poetry.
BATTER MY HEART:
TASK: Identify 3 key pieces of imagery used in the poem to show the religious themes. Draw a
picture of this imagery (stick figures or clip art pictures are fine!) and explain the form of the
imagery and its tone/effect on the reader.
PICTURE OF IMAGERY
EXPLANATION OF IMAGERY
TASK: Read another poem by Donne during his religious period. Write a paragraph explaining
TWO key similarities between the poem.
TO MY DEAR AND LOVING HUSBAND:
TASK: Rewrite this poem in modern language, but don’t use any of the complex imagery. Just
write it as a modern author explaining how much she loves her husband. Try to keep
Bradstreet’s humble and modest tone.
MOWER AGAINST THE GARDENS
TASK: Draw a comic strip of the 6 key events in this poem.
A SATIRICAL ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A LATE FAMOUS GENERAL
TASK: Identify 3 key pieces of imagery used in the poem to show the general. Draw a picture
of this imagery (stick figures or clip art pictures are fine!) and explain the form of the imagery
and its tone/effect on the reader.
PICTURE OF IMAGERY
EXPLANATION OF IMAGERY
TASK: Read another extract from any of Swifts’ other works. Write a paragraph explaining
TWO key similarities between the extracts.
THE TYGER
TASK: Label the picture below with imagery quotes from the poem.
I WONDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD
TASK: Write your own version of Wordsworth’s poem about your moment and how you are
amazed that someone or something has created such a beautiful sight.
KUBLA KHAN (EXTRACT)
TASK: Using the grid below find 3 examples of each key feature of the poem.
OVERVIEW:
‘THE GRID’
FORM &
STRUCTURE
STATEMENT
EVIDENCE
SYNTAX &
GRAMMAR
LEXIS &
IMAGERY
POETIC VOICE/
NARRATIVE
STANCE
PHONOLOGY &
ORTHOGRAPHY
THE WAR SONG OF DINAS VAWR
ANALYSIS
TASK: Identify 3 key pieces of imagery used in the poem to show a battle. Draw a picture of
this imagery (stick figures or clip art pictures are fine!) and explain the form of the imagery
and its tone/effect on the reader.
PICTURE OF IMAGERY
EXPLANATION OF IMAGERY
TASK: Read another extract from any other war poet. Write a paragraph explaining TWO key
similarities between the extracts.
SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY
TASK: Write a letter to the subject of this sonnet. In it, include another of Shakespeare’s
famous sonnets and explain how they BOTH show the same theme of true love lasting forever
through poetry.
OZYMANDIAS
TASK: Write a short essay here about how Shelley uses the key features of a Petrachan Sonnet
structure in this poem.
FIRST LOVE
TASK: Pretend you’ve just seen fallen in love at first sight and are relating it to some friends at
school. Write a short script where you describe what happens and your modern day friend’s
responses.
TO AUTUMN
TASK: Make a list of the terminology & key Literature and Language vocabulary used in this
poem and look up their meaning in your revision guide.
A MUSCIAL INSTRUMENT:
TASK: Using the grid below find 3 examples of each key feature of the poem.
OVERVIEW:
‘THE GRID’
FORM &
STRUCTURE
STATEMENT
EVIDENCE
SYNTAX &
GRAMMAR
LEXIS &
IMAGERY
POETIC VOICE/
NARRATIVE
STANCE
PHONOLOGY &
ORTHOGRAPHY
BREAK, BREAK, BREAK
ANALYSIS
TASK: Use quotes from the poem to label the picture below:
SPELLBOUND
TASK: Write an eulogy and epitaph for Emily Bronte`. You’ll need to research her life and
other works and find out what an epitaph and a eulogy is!
Epitaph:
Eulogy:
THERE IS NO GOD, THE WICKED SAITH
TASK: Pretend you are a priest writing a sermon. Echo the key messages and imagery in this
poem in your own work.
DYING:
TASK: Rewrite this poem from the point of view of the fly.
SONG:
TASK: compare ‘Song’ to ‘Dying’ by Dickenson in the two grids below.
OVERVIEW TEXT 1:
‘THE GRID’
STATEMENT
EVIDENCE
ANALYSIS
FORM &
STRUCTURE
SYNTAX &
GRAMMAR
LEXIS &
IMAGERY
POETIC VOICE/
NARRATIVE
STANCE
PHONOLOGY &
ORTHOGRAPHY
OVERVIEW TEXT 2:
‘THE GRID’
FORM &
STRUCTURE
STATEMENT
EVIDENCE
ANALYSIS
SYNTAX &
GRAMMAR
LEXIS &
IMAGERY
POETIC VOICE/
NARRATIVE
STANCE
PHONOLOGY &
ORTHOGRAPHY
NATURE’S QUESTIONING:
TASK: Identify 3 key pieces of imagery used in the poem. Draw a picture of this imagery (stick
figures or clip art pictures are fine!) and explain the form of the imagery and its tone/effect on
the reader.
PICTURE OF IMAGERY
EXPLANATION OF IMAGERY
TASK: Read another extract from any other war poet. Write a paragraph explaining TWO key
similarities between the extracts.
GOD’S GRANDEUR
TASK: Compare this poem’s use of ‘sprung rhythm’ to another sonnet with a different rhythm
pattern.
OVERVIEW TEXT 1:
‘THE GRID’
FORM &
STRUCTURE
STATEMENT
EVIDENCE
ANALYSIS
STATEMENT
EVIDENCE
ANALYSIS
SYNTAX &
GRAMMAR
LEXIS &
IMAGERY
POETIC VOICE/
NARRATIVE
STANCE
PHONOLOGY &
ORTHOGRAPHY
OVERVIEW TEXT 2:
‘THE GRID’
FORM &
STRUCTURE
SYNTAX &
GRAMMAR
LEXIS &
IMAGERY
POETIC VOICE/
NARRATIVE
STANCE
PHONOLOGY &
ORTHOGRAPHY
OVERALL COMPARISON TABLE:
TASK: Fill in the table below to make links between all the poems in the Anthology.
EXAM QUESTIONS AND SAMPLE COMPARATIVE TEXTS:
TASK: Complete a mock exam answer for each of the following sample texts and poetry
comparisions.
Compare and contrast Text A and Text B.
In your response you should:
• show understanding of the meanings in each text;
 Explore the influence of different contextual factors;
 use integrated linguistic and literary approaches to analyse the texts.
TEXT A: Upon Westminster Bridge
TEXT B: ‘Traveler Review’ of the London Eye
British Airways London Eye: Traveler Reviews
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: # 3 of 1187 attractions in London http://www. ba-londoneye.com
Activities: dining, city sightseeing, getting married
Attraction type: Observation deck/tower, Amusement/theme park, Landmark/point of interest, bservatory/planetarium
E-mail:customer.services@ba-londoneye.com
Tel: 44(0) 870 990 8883
“Fantastic, leisurely way to see a big city”
Boston, MA Apr 2, 2007
The London Eye has become this incredible sight that, since 2000, has really earned a place on the skyline of London.
One can scarcely imagine the South side of the Thames without it. It is the world’s largest observation wheel and gives a
unique view of London. We booked our tickets on-line in advance and got a fairly decent price. On a Monday morning,
The line was fairly short (5 minutes). I highly recommend coming early in the day as the queue really starts growing with
tourists and school groups after 12 noon. We had a beautiful, clear sunny day and the flight was great, but I think even a
cloudy day might still be fun. A night time flight must be amazing.
To say that the ‘flight’ is fantastic, gorgeous, wonderful and exhilarating would not be overselling it! The Eye itself is a
thrilling technological and engineering sight. The wheel moves smoothly and effortlessly and the clear capsules give a
remarkable view. The one downside is that there is no map, no narration, no displays, so it is hard to understand what
you are seeing. With other observation wheels or towers like the Washington Monument or Empire State Building,
there is usually some kind of signage that tells you what you are seeing. On the Eye, you are left to wonder – what is
that funny large building over on the right (it was The Gherkin), or where is Trellick Tower? And since most of your
fellow travelers are also tourists – they don’t have a clue either. It would really add to this experience to have signage
that helped you understand what you are looking at. That aside, the London Eye is a fantastic way to see one of the
world’s largest, more complicated cities at a leisurely pace.
This review is the subjective opinion of a TripAdvisor member and not of TripAdvisor LLC.
Reproduced from www.tripadvisor.com
EXAM QUESTIONS AND SAMPLE COMPARATIVE TEXTS:
TASK: Complete a mock exam answer for each of the following sample texts and poetry
comparisions.
Compare and contrast Text A and Text B.
In your response you should:
• show understanding of the meanings in each text;
 Explore the influence of different contextual factors;
 use integrated linguistic and literary approaches to analyse the texts.
TEXT A: Nature’s Questioning
TEXT B: Chainsaw Massacre
Chainsaw Massacre
They make our streets more beautiful, improve our health and reduce global warming. Yet more and more trees are being
chopped down in our towns and cities. Patrick Barkham investigates.
Chestnuts hold up flower chandeliers, cherries scatter their dresses of pink lace and, on a stretch of the A41 in the Midlands, an old
lime tree is beginning to sprout a brilliant green. For 400 years, it has dazzled in spring and yellowed in autumn. Generations of farm
labourers sought its shade as horse-drawn carriages rattled past; the suburbs of industrial Wolverhampton spread around it; and,
today, cars and HGVs thunder below its boughs.
The old lime has witnessed the rise of a modern life utterly impervious to and yet strangely afraid of trees. Six years ago, one busy
individual decided the tree posed a risk to playing children and the council stuck up notices vowing to chop down this menace.
Stunned by the casualness of this proposed butchery, a few local people, including the naturalist Chris Baines, campaigned to save
the lime. Eventually lottery funding paid for a fence around its trunk to stop the old tree hurling its rotten limbs at a passing child.
Wolverhampton City Council reckoned this historic relic that is home to bats and birds and beetles was on its way out but Baines
maintains that the tree’s hollowness is a canny survival strategy, making it lighter and less susceptible to storms. “It will be here 150
years after I am,’ he says.
In towns and cities across the country, millions of other street trees are less lucky. Supersized lorries batter their crowns, utility
companies dig up their roots, high density developments squeeze them out, insurers complain they are causing building
subsidence…and we, the public, sue councils when we trip on pavements made wonky by tree roots. No one tree-hating ogre is
wielding the axe but, with a multitude of little smites for all sorts of small reasons, the grand, green legacy of far-sighted Georgian
and Victorian planners is being destroyed.
Reproduced from www.guardian.co.uk
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