Transcript Poetry – Unseen Poems

Poetry
Unseen Poems
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Free resources for English 2010
This presentation is designed for use with GCSE English
Literature students. It has been developed for use with the
2010 GCSE exam specifications and links to:
AQA English Literature – Unit 2: Poetry Across Time; Unit 5:
Exploring Poetry
OCR English Literature – Unit A661: Literary Heritage Poetry
Edexcel English Literature – Unit 2: Understanding Poetry
(Poetry Anthology, Clashes and Collisions)
Functional Skills English Level 2 – Reading: ‘Compare,
select, read and understand texts and use them to gather
information, ideas, arguments and opinions.’
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Learning objectives
Respond critically and imaginatively to Wilfred
Owen’s poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’
Recap key terms for analysing poetry
Explain how the language and tone of a poem
can be used to convey meaning
Icons key:
Flash activity (these activities are not editable)
Extension activities
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Accompanying
worksheet
Teacher’s notes
Sound
Functional skills
Video
Web addresses
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Analysing poetry
To be able to analyse a poem you need to make sure you can
use the right terminology.
How many of the following terms can you define?
subject
tone
narrative
simile
alliteration
iambic pentameter
rhythm
dialect
metaphor
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repetition
onomatopoeia
imagery
assonance
sonnet
dramatic monologue
stanza
rhyme scheme
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Key poetry terms
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Subject and theme
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Attitudes and feelings
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Unseen poem: sample question
Here are two sample essay questions for you to try
as practice:
1.
Explain the effect of Owen’s choice of language
in his poem ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’.
2.
Explore how Owen has expressed his feelings
about the loss of life in the war in his poem
‘Dulce et Decorum Est’.
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