literature conveying the idealised version of country life

deprive someone of the qualities that make them human

Analysing the poem 'Bayonet Charge'

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An introduction to themes in the Power and Conflict poetry anthology

Understanding the connections between Romanticism and Shelley's 'Ozymandias'

Analysing the concept of power in Shelley's 'Ozymandias'

Understanding the poem 'London'

Analysing ideas of power and conflict in Blake's 'London'

Writing introductions and topic sentences for poetry comparison

Understanding the poem 'Extract from the Prelude'

Analysing the poem 'Extract from The Prelude'

Comparing Romantic poets' attitudes to nature

Power and Conflict poetry: developing comparative essay writing skills

Understanding the poem 'My Last Duchess'

Analysing the poem 'My Last Duchess'

Comparing the presentation of power in 'My Last Duchess' and 'Ozymandias'

Understanding the poem 'Charge of the Light Brigade'

Analysing the poem 'Charge of the Light Brigade'

Understanding the poem 'Exposure'

Analysing the poem 'Exposure'

Understanding the poem 'Bayonet Charge'

Comparing conflict in war poems from the Power and Conflict anthology

Understanding the poem 'Storm on the Island'

Analysing the poem 'Storm on the Island'

Understanding the poem 'Remains'

Analysing the Poem 'Remains'

Developing interpretations of ‘Remains’ with Simon Armitage

Understanding the poem 'Poppies'

Analysing the poem 'Poppies'

Understanding the poem 'War Photographer'

Analysing the poem 'War Photographer'

Comparing 'Poppies' and Duffy's 'War Photographer'

Understanding the Poem 'Kamikaze'

Analysing the Poem 'Kamikaze'

Comparing 'Power and Conflict' war poems

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 'A World at War: Poetry', pupils explore how poets presents the atrocities of World War One through their poetry. In 'AQA Power and Conflict Poetry', pupils analyse how a variety of different wars have been presented through poetry.

In this unit, pupis explore 12 of the 15 poems from the 'Power and Conflict' anthology. Pupils complete two lessons about each poem: one on understanding and one on analysis. Pupils study the poems in three groups, and they pause after each group to compare how those poems present common themes.

Poetry anthology: first study

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

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of violence or fighting, including threats of violence or the aftermath of violence.

What word would you use to describe the atmosphere at the start of 'Bayonet Charge'?

When including context in your answer it should...

to reveal the vulnerability of the soldiers

In 'Bayonet Charge' why may Hughes have combined images of weapons and the soldier's body parts?

to show that not only mankind was effected by the harrowing nature of war

contextually, nature was important to Hughes

Why might Hughes have chosen to focus heavily on nature in the poem 'Bayonet Charge'?

The term {{}} means 'opening in the midst of the plot'.

Hughes subverts {{}} imagery to show that warfare destroys the environment, peace and innocence.

'Bayonet Charge' is about a soldier during which war?

exemplify the qualities that make someone human

supply someone with the qualities that make them human

the poem depicts harrowing the nature of war

the poem depicts the nature of harrowing war

the poem depicts the harrowing nature of war

What is the best use of the word 'harrowing' in a sentence?

The soldier runs across a field towards a hedge. 

The soldier contemplates what he is doing and his role in the war.

The solider runs across a field and sees a hare.

Starting with the first, put the events of Hughes' 'Bayonet Charge' in chronological order.

In 'Bayonet Charge' Hughes not only shows the devastating effect of war on humans but also on...

he read about the war in the newspaper and was inspired to write about it

Analysing the poem 'Bayonet Charge'

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