BE FULLY PREPARED FOR THE FINAL EXAM Essential Guide to the ieb English Exam (2nd Edition) Exam structures analysis, practice questions and expert tips and strategies • Detailed analysis of Paper I & II • Comprehensive guide to answering every question • Focused sets of practice questions & answers • Concise reviews of the key concepts tested • Expert tips and strategies • Accompanying CD with complete mock exams & suggested answers Everything needed to master ieb English Home Language Papers I & II PRESCRIBED POEMS AND LEARNING MATERIALS FOR GRADE 12 TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS FOREWORD About The English Experience ...............................................................................................................................6 Our approach ......................................................................................................................................................6 Using this resource ..............................................................................................................................................7 FOREWORD INTRODUCTION TO POETRY Reading and understanding poetry........................................................................................................................8 Answering contextual poetry questions ...............................................................................................................13 TO POETRY INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION THE RENAISSANCE Introduction to the Renaissance Period................................................................................................................15 THE THE William Shakespeare: “When I do count the clock that tells the time” ....................................................................18 RENAISSANCE Biography ..................................................................................................................................................18 Poem .........................................................................................................................................................19 Analysis .....................................................................................................................................................20 THE Questions ..................................................................................................................................................21 ROMANTICS John Milton: “When I consider how my light is spent” ...........................................................................................26 Biography ..................................................................................................................................................26 Poem .........................................................................................................................................................27 THE Analysis .....................................................................................................................................................27 VICTORIANS Questions ..................................................................................................................................................29 THE ROMANTICS Introduction to the Romantic Era .........................................................................................................................34 MODERNISM William Blake: “The Tyger” ..................................................................................................................................36 Biography ..................................................................................................................................................36 POST- Poem .........................................................................................................................................................37 MODERNISM Analysis .....................................................................................................................................................38 Questions ..................................................................................................................................................40 Percy Bysshe Shelley: “Ozymandias of Egypt” ......................................................................................................46 SOUTH SOUTH AFRICAN Biography ..................................................................................................................................................46 Poem .........................................................................................................................................................47 Analysis .....................................................................................................................................................48 Questions ..................................................................................................................................................50 POETRY John Keats: “Ode to Autumn” .............................................................................................................................56 UNSEEN Biography ..................................................................................................................................................56 - Poem .........................................................................................................................................................57 Analysis .....................................................................................................................................................58 MENTS Questions ..................................................................................................................................................60 ACKNOWLEDGE © THE ENGLISH EXPERIENCE 2013 3 THE COMPLETE IEB POETRY RESOURCE SAMPLE INDEX.indd 3 2013/08/15 10:52 AM THE COMPLETE POETRY RESOURCE THE VICTORIANS CONTENTS Introduction to the Victorian Era ..........................................................................................................................66 Matthew Arnold: “Dover Beach” ..........................................................................................................................69 Biography ..................................................................................................................................................69 FOREWORD Poem .........................................................................................................................................................70 Analysis .....................................................................................................................................................71 Questions ..................................................................................................................................................73 Christina Rossetti: “My Secret” ...........................................................................................................................79 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION TO POETRY Biography ..................................................................................................................................................79 Poem .........................................................................................................................................................80 Analysis .....................................................................................................................................................81 Questions ..................................................................................................................................................84 RENAISSANCE Gerard Manley Hopkins: “Binsey Poplars” ............................................................................................................90 THE THE Biography ..................................................................................................................................................90 Poem .........................................................................................................................................................91 Analysis .....................................................................................................................................................92 ROMANTICS Questions ..................................................................................................................................................93 THE THE MODERNISM Introduction to the Modernist Movement ...........................................................................................................100 VICTORIANS William Butler Yeats: “The Song of Wandering Aengus” ......................................................................................102 THE THE Biography ................................................................................................................................................102 Poem .......................................................................................................................................................103 Analysis ...................................................................................................................................................104 MODERNISM Questions ................................................................................................................................................106