Igcse English: Anthology of Poetry Revision
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IGCSE ENGLISH: ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY – REVISION
1. In what ways does Maya Angelou in her poem “Caged Bird” make vivid and meaningful a fairly ordinary experience of seeing a bird flying in the sky?
2. Explore the ways in which either Norman Nicholson in “Rising Five” or Mervyn Morris in “Little Boy Crying” teaches important lessons about life.
3. Explore how the poet vividly conveys his attitude and feelings towards children in either Carol Rumens’s “Carpet-Weavers, Morocco” or Mervyn Morris’s “Little Boy Crying”.
4. How does use language to create a vivid and memorable impression of a character in one of the following poems. Farmhand (James K. Baxter) Storyteller (Liz Lockhead) Plenty (Isobel Dixon)
5. Choose one of the following poems and explore how the poet explores the idea of regret and loss. The Old Familiar Faces (Charles Lamb) Mid-Term Break (Seamus Heaney)
6. Explore how the poet’s words paint a vivid picture in one of the following poems: Before the Sun (Charles Mungoshi) Plenty (Isobel Dixon)
7. What have you found most unusual or original about the way any two of the following poems present their subject? Song to the Men of England (P.B. Shelley) Before the Sun (Charles Mungoshi) Mid-Term Break (Seamus Heaney)
8. Explore how the poet vividly conveys his disapproval of aspects of twentieth-century life in one of the following poems: Caged Bird (Maya Angelou) Monologue (Hone Tuwhare) Plenty (Isobel Dixon)
9. The dignity, poise and grace of women has been the subject of poetry for ages. Discuss how any one of these poems explores the subject of women. Muliebrity (Sujata Bhatt) She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways (William Wordsworth)
10. Discuss how the poet treats the issue of work and workers in any one of the following poems: Song to the Men of England (P.B. Shelley) Carpet-Weavers, Morocco” (Carol Rumens) Monologue (Hone Tuwhare)
11. How do you think the poet makes an event or situation dramatic in any one of the following poems? Mid-Term Break (Seamus Heaney) Caged Bird (Maya Angelou) from Spectator Ab Extra (A.C. Clough)
12. Some poets achieve a powerful effect by using simple direct language and very little imagery. Explore how the poet creates a memorable poem in this way in one of the following: from Spectator Ab Extra (A.C. Clough) Monologue (Hone Tuwhare)
13. Discuss how the poet approaches the issue of change and the past in any one of the following poems: Plenty (Isobel Dixon) The Old Familiar Faces (Charles Lamb) IGCSE ENGLISH: ANTHOLOGY OF POETRY – REVISION
1. In what ways does Maya Angelou in her poem “Caged Bird” make vivid and meaningful a fairly ordinary experience of seeing a bird flying in the sky?
2. Explore the ways in which either Norman Nicholson in “Rising Five” or Mervyn Morris in “Little Boy Crying” teaches important lessons about life.
3. Explore how the poet vividly conveys his attitude and feelings towards children in either Carol Rumens’s “Carpet-Weavers, Morocco” or Mervyn Morris’s “Little Boy Crying”.
4. How does use language to create a vivid and memorable impression of a character in one of the following poems. Farmhand (James K. Baxter) Storyteller (Liz Lockhead) Plenty (Isobel Dixon)
5. Choose one of the following poems and explore how the poet explores the idea of regret and loss. The Old Familiar Faces (Charles Lamb) Mid-Term Break (Seamus Heaney)
6. Explore how the poet’s words paint a vivid picture in one of the following poems: Before the Sun (Charles Mungoshi) Plenty (Isobel Dixon)
7. What have you found most unusual or original about the way any two of the following poems present their subject? Song to the Men of England (P.B. Shelley) Before the Sun (Charles Mungoshi) Mid-Term Break (Seamus Heaney)
8. Explore how the poet vividly conveys his disapproval of aspects of twentieth-century life in one of the following poems: Caged Bird (Maya Angelou) Monologue (Hone Tuwhare) Plenty (Isobel Dixon)
9. The dignity, poise and grace of women has been the subject of poetry for ages. Discuss how any one of these poems explores the subject of women. Muliebrity (Sujata Bhatt) She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways (William Wordsworth)
10. Discuss how the poet treats the issue of work and workers in any one of the following poems: Song to the Men of England (P.B. Shelley) Carpet-Weavers, Morocco” (Carol Rumens) Monologue (Hone Tuwhare)
11. How do you think the poet makes an event or situation dramatic in any one of the following poems? Mid-Term Break (Seamus Heaney) Caged Bird (Maya Angelou) from Spectator Ab Extra (A.C. Clough)
12. Some poets achieve a powerful effect by using simple direct language and very little imagery. Explore how the poet creates a memorable poem in this way in one of the following: from Spectator Ab Extra (A.C. Clough) Monologue (Hone Tuwhare)
13. Discuss how the poet approaches the issue of change and the past in any one of the following poems: Plenty (Isobel Dixon) The Old Familiar Faces (Charles Lamb)