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Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..................................................................................... 7
INTRODUCTION
TO POETRY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Guide to reading, understanding and analysing poetry ....................................................................... 8
Guide to answering contextual poetry questions ............................................................................. 11
RENAISSANCE
INTRODUCTION TO POETRY
Introduction to the Renaissance Period ...................................................................................................13
Biography of William Shakespeare .........................................................................................................13
ROMANTIC
RENAISSANCE SECTION
Analysis of “When I do count the clock that tells the time” .......................................................................14
Questions on “When I do count the clock that tells the time” ....................................................................15
Biography of John Milton ......................................................................................................................18
VICTORIAN
AND GOTHIC
Poem: “When I do count the clock that tells the time” - William Shakespeare ............................................14
Analysis of “When I consider how my light is spent” ................................................................................19
Questions on “When I consider how my light is spent” .............................................................................20
BRITISH
MODERNIST
Poem: “When I consider how my light is spent” - John Milton ..................................................................18
Introduction to the Romantic Period .......................................................................................................24
Biography of William Blake ....................................................................................................................24
AMERICAN
MODERNIST
ROMANTIC SECTION
Poem: “Ozymandias of Egypt” - Percy Bysshe Shelley..............................................................................33
Analysis of “Ozymandias of Egypt” .........................................................................................................33
Questions on “Ozymandias of Egypt” ......................................................................................................35
Biography of John Keats .......................................................................................................................39
Poem: “Ode to Autumn” - John Keats .....................................................................................................39
Analysis of “Ode to Autumn”..................................................................................................................40
Questions on “Ode to Autumn” ..............................................................................................................41
VICTORIAN AND GOTHIC SECTION
Introduction to the Victorian and Gothic Periods ......................................................................................44
Biography of Emily Brontë .....................................................................................................................44
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SOUTH AFRICAN
POST-APARTHEID
Biography of Percy Bysshe Shelley .........................................................................................................32
UNSEEN POETRY
Questions on “The Tyger” ......................................................................................................................27
WILD CARD
QUESTIONS,
VISUALS, RUBRICS
Analysis of “The Tyger” .........................................................................................................................26
SOUTH AFRICAN
APARTHEID
Poem: “The Tyger” - William Blake .........................................................................................................25
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Poem: “Remembrance” - Emily Brontë ...................................................................................................45
INTRODUCTION
TO POETRY
Analysis of “Remembrance” ..................................................................................................................46
Questions on “Remembrance” ...............................................................................................................47
Biography of Matthew Arnold .................................................................................................................50
Poem: “Dover Beach” - Matthew Arnold .................................................................................................50
RENAISSANCE
Analysis of “Dover Beach” .....................................................................................................................51
Questions on “Dover Beach”..................................................................................................................53
Biography of Gerard Manley Hopkins ......................................................................................................57
Poem: “Binsey Poplars” - Gerard Manley Hopkins ...................................................................................58
ROMANTIC
Analysis of “Binsey Poplars” ..................................................................................................................59
Questions on “Binsey Poplars”...............................................................................................................60
VICTORIAN
AND GOTHIC
BRITISH MODERNIST SECTION
Introduction to the British Modernist Period ............................................................................................65
Biography of William Butler Yeats ...........................................................................................................65
Poem: “The Song of Wandering Aengus” - William Butler Yeats ................................................................66
BRITISH
MODERNIST
Analysis of “The Song of Wandering Aengus” ..........................................................................................67
Questions on “The Song of Wandering Aengus” ......................................................................................68
Biography of Cecil Day-Lewis ................................................................................................................72
AMERICAN
MODERNIST
Poem: “Will it be so again?” - Cecil Day-Lewis ........................................................................................73
Analysis of “Will it be so again?”............................................................................................................73
Questions on “Will it be so again?” ........................................................................................................75
SOUTH AFRICAN
APARTHEID
AMERICAN MODERNIST SECTION
Introduction to the American Modernist Period ........................................................................................79
Biography of WH Auden ........................................................................................................................79
SOUTH AFRICAN
POST-APARTHEID
Poem: “Refugee Blues” - WH Auden .......................................................................................................80
Analysis of “Refugee Blues” ..................................................................................................................81
Questions on “Refugee Blues” ...............................................................................................................82
Biography of Lawrence Ferlinghetti ........................................................................................................85
UNSEEN POETRY
WILD CARD
QUESTIONS,
VISUALS, RUBRICS
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Poem: “Constantly Risking Absurdity” - Lawrence Ferlinghetti ..................................................................86
Analysis of “Constantly Risking Absurdity” ..............................................................................................87
Questions on “Constantly Risking Absurdity” ...........................................................................................88
Biography of Sylvia Plath .......................................................................................................................90
Poem: “Mirror” - Sylvia Plath .................................................................................................................91
Analysis of “Mirror”...............................................................................................................................91
Questions on “Mirror” ...........................................................................................................................92
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Introduction to the South African Apartheid Period ...................................................................................96
Biography of Hugh Lewin ......................................................................................................................97
Poem: “Touch” - Hugh Lewin .................................................................................................................97
INTRODUCTION
TO POETRY
SOUTH AFRICAN APARTHEID SECTION
Questions on “Touch” .........................................................................................................................100
RENAISSANCE
Analysis of “Touch”...............................................................................................................................99
SOUTH AFRICAN POST-APARTHEID SECTION
Biography of Tatamkhulu Afrika............................................................................................................105
Poem: “Trespasser” - Tatamkhulu Afrika ...............................................................................................106
ROMANTIC
Introduction to the South African Post-Apartheid Period .........................................................................104
Questions on “Trespasser” ..................................................................................................................109
Biography of Chris Mann .....................................................................................................................112
VICTORIAN
AND GOTHIC
Analysis of “Trespasser”......................................................................................................................108
Poem: “Crossing over” - Chris Mann ....................................................................................................113
Questions on “Crossing over” ..............................................................................................................115
Biography of Chris van Wyk .................................................................................................................118
BRITISH
MODERNIST
Analysis of “Crossing over”..................................................................................................................114
Questions on “I have my Father’s Voice” ...............................................................................................121
UNSEEN POETRY
Getting to grips with the Unseen Poem: Some Guidelines.......................................................................126
“Why a Poem...or a Cat?” - Harriet Stovall Kelley ..................................................................................128
SOUTH AFRICAN
APARTHEID
Analysis of “I have my Father’s Voice” ..................................................................................................120
AMERICAN
MODERNIST
Poem: “I have my Father’s Voice” - Chris van Wyk .................................................................................119
“Two Thieves” - Charl-Pierre Naudé .....................................................................................................133
“Identity” - Julio Noboa Polanco ..........................................................................................................136
“The Elephant Tree” - Ian McCallum .....................................................................................................138
SOUTH AFRICAN
POST-APARTHEID
“George Gray” - Edgar Lee Masters .....................................................................................................131
“When I do count the clock that tells the time” - William Shakespeare ....................................................145
“When I consider how my light is spent” - John Milton ..........................................................................147
“The Tyger” - William Blake .................................................................................................................149
“Ozymandias of Egypt” - Percy Bysshe Shelley .....................................................................................151
“Ode to Autumn” - John Keats .............................................................................................................153
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WILD CARD
QUESTIONS,
VISUALS, RUBRICS
WILD CARD QUESTIONS, VISUALS AND RUBRICS
UNSEEN POETRY
“The Fear” - Lily Allen .........................................................................................................................141
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THE COMPLETE IEB POETRY RESOURCE
“Remembrance” - Emily Brontë ...........................................................................................................155
INTRODUCTION
TO POETRY
“Dover Beach” - Matthew Arnold .........................................................................................................157
“Binsey Poplars” - Gerard Manley Hopkins ...........................................................................................159
“The Song of Wandering Aengus” - William Butler Yeats ........................................................................161
“Will it be so again?” - Cecil Day-Lewis ................................................................................................163
RENAISSANCE
“Refugee Blues” - WH Auden...............................................................................................................165
“Constantly Risking Absurdity” - Lawrence Ferlinghetti ..........................................................................167
“Mirror” - Sylvia Plath .........................................................................................................................169
“Touch” - Hugh Lewin .........................................................................................................................171
ROMANTIC
“Trespasser” - Tatamkhulu Afrika .........................................................................................................173
“Crossing over” - Chris Mann ..............................................................................................................175
“I have my Father’s Voice” - Chris van Wyk ...........................................................................................177
VICTORIAN
AND GOTHIC
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...............................................................................................................181
BRITISH
MODERNIST
AMERICAN
MODERNIST
SOUTH AFRICAN
APARTHEID
SOUTH AFRICAN
POST-APARTHEID
UNSEEN POETRY
WILD CARD
QUESTIONS,
VISUALS, RUBRICS
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