by melaniewp | May 16, 2013 | Kid, Model Essays, Poetry, Simon Armitage, True North, Unseen Poetry
Basic SummaryIn this poem, a character who seems to identify himself with ‘Robin’ from Batman is talking, fast, about his relationship with ‘Batman’. You can read this as a metaphor. So Robin is the son figure, Batman the father or boss figure....
by melaniewp | May 4, 2013 | 11+, Character, Common Entrance, Complex Vocabulary, Describing Words, GCSE, IGCSE, KS3, Mood, Unseen Poetry, Vocabulary
Get these words to improve your essay grades in English. Use them to describe mood, point of view and character, and also to build your own insults. Genius! Words with positive connotations are bold. Negative words are in italics. For every other word, it depends...
by melaniewp | May 1, 2013 | Blessing, GCSE, Gillian Clarke, IGCSE, Imtiaz Dharker, Limbo, October, Perch, Poetry, Seamus Heaney, Theme, Unseen Poetry
How to work out the theme of a poem… This baffles a lot of GCSE and IGCSE students, so here’s a lesson we did on how to work out the theme in poetry. This is important if you have an unseen poetry exam. What is the theme of:[1] The poem...
