a feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group or in a particular place

happiness and satisfaction, often because you have everything you need

18th and 19th century artistic and literary movement that celebrated nature, emotion and individuality

Romantic idea that we should feel awe towards nature - a mixture of both fear and respect

the ability to experience feelings and sensations

Analysing ideas of belonging in Wordsworth's 'I wandered lonely as a cloud'

English

Understanding the poem 'War Photographer'

Analysing the poem 'War Photographer'

Understanding ideas of dehumanisation and apathy in Ghose’s ‘Decomposition’

Analysing ideas of dehumanisation and apathy in Ghose’s ‘Decomposition’

Comparing ideas of art in Duffy's 'War Photographer' and Ghose's 'Decomposition'

Understanding ideas of belonging in McKay’s ‘I Shall Return’

Analysing ideas of belonging and heritage in McKay’s ‘I shall return’

Understanding ideas of belonging in Wordsworth's 'I wandered lonely as a cloud'

Comparing belonging in 'I wandered lonely as a cloud' and 'I Shall Return'

Planning an extended written response on the Eduqas 2025 poetry anthology

Writing an extended written response on the Eduqas 2025 poetry anthology

In 'AQA Power and Conflict Poetry' continued, pupils used a range of reading skills to aid the supported decoding of challenging poems. In 'Unseen Poetry', pupils use these reading skills to decode texts with independence. 

In 'AQA Power and Conflict Poetry', pupils compared the language, form and structure of a variety of poems connected by the themes of power and conflict. In 'AQA Power and Conflict Poetry continued', pupils work on making more nuanced comparisons between poems.

In this unit, pupis read and analyse four poems from the Eduqas poetry anthology. Pupils complete two lessons about each poem: one on understanding and one on analysis. At the end of the unit, pupils analyse themes from across the anthology and practise crafting a sophisticated comparative essay.

Poetry anthology: continued study

In Wordsworth's 'I wandered lonely as a cloud', the regularity of the rhyme might suggest which of the following?

In Wordsworth's 'I wandered lonely as a cloud', Wordsworth compares the daffodils to which of the following?

Potentially, we might interpret the personification in Wordsworth's 'I wandered lonely as a cloud' as creating which of the following?

The Romantic idea that we should feel awe towards nature - a mixture of both fear and respect is called the {{ }}.

Arguably, Wordsworth's personification of nature in 'I wandered lonely as a cloud' creates which of the following effects?

'The ability to experience feelings and sensations' is the definition of which of the following?

The speaker feels lonely amongst the daffodils.

The speaker feels joy amongst the daffodils.

The speaker feels sadness amongst the daffodils.

Which of the following is an accurate summary of Wordsworth's 'I wandered lonely as a cloud'?

Which of the following are conventions of Romanticism?

Giving human feelings and actions to objects or ideas is the technique of {{ }}.

'A feeling of being happy or comfortable as part of a particular group or in a particular place' is the definition of which word beginning with 'b'?

Analysing ideas of belonging in Wordsworth's 'I wandered lonely as a cloud'

Lesson outcome