Study Guide for New AQA GCSE English Worlds and Lives Poetry Anthology

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The purpose of this study guide is to equip students with a comprehensive understanding of the new AQA GCSE Worlds and Lives poetry cluster, to be taught for the first time in 2023.
In addition to conducting a detailed
thematic and stylistic analysis of each poem, the guide offers a thorough contextual overview of the cultural, literary and historical backdrop against which the works were written.

The study guide also includes sample exam questions and model essay analysis, illustrating how students might approach comparative thematic poetry analysis.

Contents:

  • Thematic and stylistic analysis of each of the 15 poems
  • Contextual overview of the poems’ cultural, literary and historical background
  • A brief biography of each of the poets
  • Key skills for top performers, with a concise introduction to AQA’s assessment objectives
  • An introduction to contemporary poetry with important contextual innformation
  • A handy poetic terminology page
  • Practice exam questions
  • Model comparative poetry analysis
  • Essay structuring guidance

This guide does not contain reprints of the anthology’s poems.

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