Structural analysis of unseen poetry

English

Exploring titles in unseen poetry

Understanding sub-text in unseen poems

Conceptualising and analysing speaker and voice in unseen poetry

Identifying and analysing semantic fields in unseen poetry

Explaining comparative imagery in unseen poetry

Selecting and using quotations from an unseen poem

Comparing how poets present motherhood and maternal stereotypes in unseen poems

Developing a personal response to an unseen poem

Planning a response to an unseen poem by collecting and organising your thoughts

Writing and developing a response to an unseen poem

Analysing tone in an unseen poem

Analysing use of sound in an unseen poem

Comparing personal responses to unseen poetry

Comparing ideas about transience in unseen poetry

Analysing how poets present ideas of transience in unseen poetry

Analysing extended responses to ideas of transience in unseen poetry

Planning a comparative response to ideas of transience in unseen poetry

Writing a comparative response to ideas of transience in unseen poetry

Reviewing a comparative response to ideas of transience in unseen poetry

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 this unit, pupils prepare for the unseen poetry in their Literature GCSE by reading poems, studying different poetry methods, and developing personal responses. They start by looking at ideas in single poems, before developing their comparative skills and writing comparisons of two unseen poems.

Unseen poetry

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

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

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

Depiction or discussion of violence or suffering

Depiction or discussion of serious mental health issues including eating disorders, self-harm, suicide or attempted suicide, or the aftermath of such an event.

Depiction or discussion of mental health issues

'A small part broken off or separated from something' is the definition of ...

'Combine or cause to combine to form a single entity' is the definition of ...

Match the structural technique with the possible interpretation.

'Break or cause to break' is the definition of ...

Freeman's choice to open with "thy" and "mine" in 'Nearness' could indicate ...

Which of the following statements is true of the structure of Freeman's 'Nearness'?

An analysis of structure might include an analysis of ...

'The continuation of a sentence beyond the end of a line, stanza or couplet' is the definition of ...

The __________ of a poem expresses the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience.

'A pause or a break in a line of verse, often marked by punctuation' is the definition of ...

To form a concept or idea of (something) is to {{ }} it.

A break in the rhyme scheme of a poem might indicate ...

Structural analysis of unseen poetry

Lesson outcome

Content guidance