by melaniewp | Jun 17, 2013 | GCSE, Mother Any Distance Greater Than A Single Span, OCR, Simon Armitage
Mother, any distance greater than a single spanrequires a second pair of hands.You come to help me measure windows, pelmets, doors,the acres of the walls, the prairies of the floors.You at the zero-end, me with the spool of tape, recordinglength, reporting metres,...
by melaniewp | Jun 17, 2013 | AQA, Cambridge, GCSE, IGCSE, Something Interesting, William Blake
William Blake (1757-1827) is an early Romantic poet from the literary heritage.Largely unrecognised in his lifetime, Blake pursued his eccentric work despite massive financial hardship and misfortunes. When he died, his wife had to borrow money to pay for his...
by melaniewp | Jun 15, 2013 | AQA, Carol Ann Duffy, GCSE, Model Essays, OCR, Poetry
Carol Ann Duffy is a contemporary poet, born in 1955, writing right now. She is one of the main poets in the OCR anthology, and also features in the WJEC and AQA anthologies for GCSE. She is the Poet Laureate and Professor of Contemporary Poetry at Manchester...
by melaniewp | Jun 14, 2013 | GCSE, Model Essays, Poetry, Simon Armitage
Get analysis of all poems+ Alaska + Give + Gooseberry Season + Kid + My Father Thought it Bloody Queer + Out of the Blue + Poem + To Poverty + The Convergence of the...
by melaniewp | Jun 13, 2013 | Commonly Misspelled Words, GCSE, IGCSE, Spelling, Teacher Training Spellings
This is a list of common, tricky words. It’s a work in progress so I’ll be adding more words and ways to learn them over the next few weeks. Enjoy!Want something a bit more difficult? Try these: Words Every Brilliant Person Should Know. Get something...
by melaniewp | Jun 12, 2013 | AQA Poetry Anthology, GCSE, Give, Model Essays, Poetry, Simon Armitage
Basic AnalysisA man is begging a woman(?) for love, which she will not give to him. Armitage uses the imagery of homelessness to show he’s lost without her. Then he uses theatrical imagery to get across how far she controls him. He will perform any ordeal for...
