In this context, alien means belonging to a foreign country.

Hollow means without real significance or value.

Fragility means the quality of being delicate or vulnerable.

Inevitable means that something was certain to happen.

Doom means death, destruction, or some other terrible fate.

Analysing the humanity and fragility of soldiers in Naidu’s ‘The  Gift of India’

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Considering the relationship between the poetry of WW1 and the context

Understanding patriotism in Rupert Brooke’s ‘The Soldier’

Analysing the presentation of patriotism in Rupert Brooke’s ‘The Soldier’

Writing about patriotism in Rupert Brooke’s ‘The Soldier’

Understanding the concept of remembrance in John McCrae’s ‘In Flanders Fields’

Analysing John McCrae’s call to arms in ‘In Flanders Fields’

Writing about John McCrae’s ‘In Flanders Fields’ as a call to arms

Understanding ideas of Empire and colonialism in Naidu’s ‘The Gift of India’

Comparing views in ‘The Soldier’, ‘In Flanders Fields’ and ‘The Gift of India’

Writing a comparative response on perspectives of war and sacrifice in WW1 poems

In 'Unseen Poetry', pupils need to consider the choices made by a poet, to explain how they convey meaning without having context or prior knowledge of the poem to draw on. In 'A World at War: Poetry, pupils have several opportunities to write their own poems in the style of the war poems studied, which pushes them to consider the craft of writing poetry more closely. 

In 'Myths and Legends Re-Told', pupils explore the way that poets use imagery and structural features, to inspire their own choices in narrative writing. In 'A World at War: Poetry', pupils practise adopting Wilfred Owen's style in their own poetry and also use a range of literary techniques encountered through the different poems, to produce a piece of descriptive writing.

In this unit, pupils explore how poets responded to the horrors of the First World War. They first explore Brooke's 'The Soldier', before looking at McCrae's 'In Flanders Fields' and Naidu's 'The Gift of India'. They finally write a comparative response on perspectives of war and sacrifice.

Comparing poetry from the First World War

Depiction of war, threats of war, death or the aftermath of war.

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Which of the following are connotations of the word 'pearl'?

Comparison where something is said to be something else.

Giving human qualities to non-human objects.

What is the definition of a pair of lines that rhyme?

A sense of doom is defined as having a sense of {{ }}.

'Without value or significance' is the definition of which of the following words?

To suggest that they didn't really fight in the war.

Why might Naidu end 'The Gift of India' by referring to the soldiers as 'sons'?

In Naidu's 'The Gift of India', who is the 'gift' in the title referring to?

The act of giving up something valued for the sake of other considerations is known as a {{ }}.

What does the speaker in Naidu's 'The Gift of India' want to happen to the soldiers?

When did the British government take direct control over India?

Why was the speaker in Naidu's 'The Gift of India' proud of the soldiers?

Which of the following means the 'complete loss or absence of hope'?

Analysing the humanity and fragility of soldiers in Naidu’s ‘The Gift of India’

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