Sunday 10 March 2013

Unseen poetry practice

You all need to practice reading, understanding and writing about poems you have never seen before.
For this all you need is your anthology. All of the poems below come from it.
Choose one and have a go at answering the question on it.

1     Checking Out Me History [p5-6]
          Explain what the poet feels about the teaching of British history to children of other cultures
          in Britain today.

2     Ozymandias [p14]
          What point is the poet making about Ozymandias?

3     The Ruined Maid [p19]
          How does the poet show how these two characters feel about each other?

4     The Moment [p23]
          What does the poet suggest about the ownership of land?

5     Neighbours [p25]
          How does the poet convey her feelings about the effects of the Chernobyl disaster?

6     London [p28]
          How does the poet show his feelings about London?

7     Nettles [p63]
          How does the father in the poem feel about the nettles and what they did to his son?

8     Sonnet 43 [p58]
          Howdoes the poet show how much  the character in the poem loves the one they love?

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