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PoetryUnseen Poems

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This presentation is designed for use with GCSE English Literature students. It has been developed for use with the 2010 GCSE exam specifications and links to:

Free resources for English 2010

AQA English Literature – Unit 2: Poetry Across Time; Unit 5: Exploring PoetryOCR English Literature – Unit A661: Literary Heritage PoetryEdexcel English Literature – Unit 2: Understanding Poetry (Poetry Anthology, Clashes and Collisions)Functional Skills English Level 2 – Reading: ‘Compare, select, read and understand texts and use them to gather information, ideas, arguments and opinions.’

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Functional skills

Accompanying worksheet

Respond critically and imaginatively to Wilfred Owen’s poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’

Recap key terms for analysing poetry

Explain how the language and tone of a poem can be used to convey meaning

Learning objectives

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Analysing poetry

To be able to analyse a poem you need to make sure you can use the right terminology.

How many of the following terms can you define?

subjecttonenarrativesimilealliterationiambic pentameterrhythmdialectmetaphor

repetitiononomatopoeiaimageryassonancesonnetdramatic monologuestanzarhyme scheme

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Key poetry terms

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Subject and theme

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Attitudes and feelings

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Unseen poem: sample question

Here are two sample essay questions for you to try as practice:

1. Explain the effect of Owen’s choice of language in his poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’.

2. Explore how Owen has expressed his feelings about the loss of life in the war in his poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’.