Section C: Key Concepts

The concepts highlighted are focused on in this

AMBITION BELONGING

IDENTITY ANTITHESIS

INEVITABILITY GENDER

HIERARCHY LOVE

OPPRESSION HOPE

PREJUDICE REVOLUTION

DECEPTION LOSS

CONFLICT PERCEPTION

POWER ADVERSITY

REDEMPTION HUBRIS

LOYALTY EXPLOITATION

MORALITY ALLUSION

Subject: English Literature Year: 10 Summer Term—Time and Place Poetry

Section A: Key vocabulary

Tier 3 Vocab-

ulary

Definition

Dramatic

monologue

a poem written in the form of a speech of an individual

character

Petrarchan

sonnet

14-line poem with an eight-line stanza (octave) rhyming

ABBAABBA, and a six-line stanza (sestet) rhyming CDCDCD

or CDECDE

pastoral ode an elaborately structured poem praising or glorifying nature

intellectually as well as emotionally

ballad A narrative song or poem

free verse Written without a fixed pattern

stanza like a paragraph in prose or a verse in a song

Meter the basic rhythmic structure of a line within a work of poet-

ry

enjambment the continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break

Caesura A stop or pause before the end of a line

Quatrain A four line stanza

Octave An eight line stanza (or section)

Sestet A six line stanza (or section)

Anaphora The repetition of a word or words at the beginning of suc-

cessive lines or clauses.

Didactic Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction

as an ulterior motive.

Tier 2 Vocab-

ulary

Definition

Mellow Calm, serene, gentle, free from harshness

Chartered A city founded or having its rights and privileges established

by means of a charter (a written statement of rights).

Majesty Impressive beauty, scale, or stateliness. Royalty

Apartheid Separateness. A political system of segregation or discrimi-

nation on grounds of colour or ethnicity.

Nostalgia a sentimental longing or wistful affection for a period in the

past (memory).

Rapture a feeling of intense pleasure or joy or enthusiasm about

something

Idealistic Unrealistically aiming for perfection, utopian

Section 2: Key Themes

Effects/power of

time Fleeting nature of life

Nature/natural

wold Memory

Loss Sense of belonging

Change Family

Injustice Perception of place

Freedom Identity and heritage

Section 4: Key quotes Poem Quotes

Lines Composed

on..

A sight so touching in its majesty: “

Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; “

London "The mind-forged manacles I hear."

“sigh, Runs in blood down palace walls. “

Stewart Island “but look at all this beauty”

“mad seagull jetted down to jab its claws”

I started Early “The mermaids in the basement. “

“I felt His Silver Heel Opon my Ancle “

Presents from

My Aunts in Paki-

stan

“my costume clung to me”

“conflict, a fractured land throbbing through newsprint”

Hurricane

Hits England

“Talk to me Huracan, Talk to me Oya”

“sweet mystery come to break to the frozen lake in me”

Nothing’s

Changed

“No sign says it is: “

“Hands burn for a stone, a bomb, “

Home Thoughts

from Abroad

Far brighter than this gaudy melon-flower! “

While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough”

Adlestrop “The steam hissed. Someone cleared his throat.”

“And willows, willow-herb, and grass, “

In Romney

Marsh

“The saffron beach, all diamond drops “

“The darkly shining salt sea drops Streamed “

Postcard from a

Travel Snob

“I am an anthropologist in trunks."

“for drunken tourist types – perish the thought.”

First Flight “You call it Beijing, like me. Go on, say it. “

“A sudden swiftness, earth slithers”

Where the Picnic

Was

“Where we made the fire'“

“'The forsaken place'

Absence “The fountains sprayed their usual steady jet; “

“there came An earthquake tremor “

Ode to Autumn “may find Thee sitting careless on a granary floor, “

“While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day, “

Section 5: The Poems

Poem Context Poet

Composed

upon ...

Romanticism; man versus nature; written on a coach en-route to France to meet his illegitimate daughter.

William

Words-

worth

The poem is about the most beautiful sight that the poet has found, which is a view of London early in the morning before any man-made machines started working.

London Romanticism; social injustice; Industrial Revolution; French revolution.

William Blake

The narrator walks round the city of London, noticing how miserable people are; they are impov-erished and oppressed. He blames people in power as they do not seem to be helping.

Stewart

Island

New Zealand born but moved to England around the age of 5; moved back to New Zealand when she was about to go to university but she felt a sense of loss and homesick-ness when leaving England; struggle with her national identity.

Fleur

Adcock

a speaker who visits their home island in New Zealand. Whilst she is there she realises that even though this place is beautiful it is a place of deceit and this makes the speaker feel uncomfortable and justified for leaving this place when they migrated a long time ago.

I started

Early

American writer who lived in isolation (a recluse); growing up, she had a Newfoundland dog; after his death, she very rarely left the home; conservative approach to Christianity.

Emily

Dickinson

A young girl takes a morning walk to the sea with her dog. She enjoys playing by the sea until the tide comes which frightens her so she runs back to the town for safety. The poem is an imagined experience and is often considered an exploration of the poets imagination.

Presents

from...

Born in Pakistan but moved to England when she was only a few months old; dual identity; struggled with the idea of belonging.

Moniza

Alvi

An autobiographical account of how the poet remembers being a teenager and receiving gifts from Pakistan. It recalls her thoughts, feelings and memories of struggling with her cultural iden-tity of being both English and Pakistani.

Hurricane

Hits England

Born in Guyana (moved to the UK when she was 27); uses her Creole language and heritage to influence her writing; hurricane weather was something she became accustomed to in Guyana; immigration was a central political issue during the time she wrote the poem .

Grace

Nichols

A memory in which the poet shares her thoughts after her experience of the storm/hurricane that hit England in 1987. The speaker draws on images that represent her clash between her two cultures: Guyanese and English. The poem is about the experience of coming to terms with a new life and a different culture.

Nothing’s

Changed

A political protestor who was imprisoned in the same jail as Nelson Mandela for 5 years; actively fought against the apartheid system

Tatam-

khulu

Afrika

A place in South Africa is still affected by the apartheid that has been abolished. The poet focuses on the idea that the racial divide that lawfully separated people based on skin colour might have been abolished but the economic struggle of those living in District 6 still face means that areas like these are still poverty stricken which maintains the divide between races.

Home

Thoughts

from Abro

Browning composed this poem when living in Italy; Eliza-beth Barrett Browning who had to move to Italy to improve her health.

Robert

Browning

The poem is about missing England as he is living abroad and he is feeling melancholy as he ima-gines the beauty of England as springtime approaches. The poet celebrates the beauty of nature.

Adlestrop Thomas enlisted in the British Army in 1915 and was killed in action in 1917; was a poet known for his sensitive obser-vations of the countryside .

Edward

Thomas

On an express train from Oxford to Worcester six months before the outbreak of the war and the train made an unscheduled stop. He recalls this moment in time to describe England as sunny and innocent.

In Romney

Marsh

A Scottish writer known for ballads; religious family; Da-vidson suffered from depression and often found solace in exploring nature.

John

Davidson

The poet’s love of the place Romney Marsh, a wetland area that stretches between Kent and West Sussex. He describes the natural landscape expressing his admiration of its beauty as he takes a walk around the town and towards the sea.

Postcard

from a Trav-

el Snob

Written in the 1990s when there was an increase in the tourism industry due to package holidays and more teenag-ers taking a gap year.

Sophie

Hannah

The person is writing a postcard whilst they are staying at a resort town and the person is boasting about how they are more superior in comparison to everyone.

First Flight Left teaching and worked in a psychiatric hospital where she found inspiration for her due to the conversations and observations of people; deeply patriotic and incorporates British values and tradition into her poetry.

U.A.

Fanthorp

e

The poem is about two speakers who experience a flight differently. The first speaker seems to be afraid of flying and is very observant whereas the second speaker seems like an experienced passenger who is indifferent. The poem focuses on the idea of the world getting smaller.

Where the

Picnic Was

Written after the death of his first wife. Thomas

Hardy

Recollection of a memory of a place he and friends had a picnic in the summer. He thinks about the changes of the present day, realises that coming here has proved that this place is no longer filled with life. He uses the turn of summer to winter to represent the changes that happen in life.

Absence Inspiration from her religious background as she was very careful with following rigid structures and basing ideas on tradition .

Elizabeth

Jennings

Returning to a place where she met the person the poem is dedicated to -a place that holds many memories and the lack of change in this place disturbs her as she feels it does not represent the changes that have happened within her. The absence of the person brings her grief as she doesn’t feel she can enjoy the scenery.

Ode to

Autumn

Romanticism; Keats experienced great loss at a young age as his father died and this shaped his understanding that the human condition.

John

Keats

A description of the different stages of Autumn as the season transitions into winter. It considers how the beauty of nature changes over time. The poet personifies Autumn as a woman, focusing on the idea of fleeting beauty over time.

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