activities or relationships outside the bounds of marriage or a committed partnership

feeling sadness or grief after losing someone or something

feeling intense resentment or hostility towards someone or something

Understanding the poem 'When We Two Parted' by Lord Byron

English

In 'AQA Love and Relationships Poetry', pupils compared the language, form and structure of a variety of poems connected by the themes of love and relationships. In 'AQA Love and Relationships Poetry continued', pupils work on making more nuanced comparisons between poems.

In 'Single Poet Study: Maya Angelou', pupils explore how Angelou uses her poetry to present strong relationships to people and place. In 'AQA Love and Relationships Poetry', pupils analyse how a variety of different relationships have been presented across time.

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

Poetry anthology: first study

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce, poverty, deprivation.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Complete the sentence: In 'When We Two Parted', the speaker feels __________ and __________ about their illicit relationship.

In 'When We Two Parted', Byron repeats the phrase "silence and tears" in both the first and last stanzas. This is an example of...

he was lying to generate publicity for the poem's release.

he waited for his ex-partner to die before spilling the secrets.

he wanted to protect the identity of the person he had the affair with.

he couldn't find anyone to publish the poem.

he was conscripted into the army and sent off to war.

It is thought Byron actually wrote 'When We Two Parted' in 1816 however he claimed to have written it in 1808. People believe he made this claim because...

"They name thee before me [...] a shudder comes o'er me"

"They know not I knew thee, / Who knew thee too well"

Which of these quotations in 'When We Two Parted' suggest that Byron feels a bitter regret about this illicit affair?

Which of these do you not need to include in every analytical paragraph?

something that occurred outside a marriage

something that occurred inside a marriage

something that occurred before a marriage

something that occurred after a marriage has ended

something that occurred instead of a marriage

when a text has a driving structure that pushes the action forward quickly

when a text has a structure that tracks events in real-time

when a text has an incomplete structure that only tells part of the story

when a text has a erratic structure that shifts backwards and forwards in time

when a text has a repeating structure that ends by returning to where it began

because we are certain about why a writer made particular language choices

because we can't be certain about why a writer make particular language choices

because it makes our writing seem more formal and intelligent sounding

because it shows we have a good knowledge of what happens in the poem

Why is it important to use tentative language when analysing a poem?

a collection of ideas or phrases; a poetic paragraph

the point in a poem where the mood or emotive tone changes

Match each of these parts of a poem to the correct definition.

The period of history that occurred between 1714 and 1830 was known as the __________ era.

Complete this sentence: 'Discussing the information associated with a poem is known as {{}}. This could include the poet's possible influences or the time period in which it was written/set.'

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Adult supervision recommended

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.

Understanding the poem 'When We Two Parted' by Lord Byron

Lesson outcome

Content guidance

This lesson will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.