Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
LQ: Can I
compare poems
thematically
while analysing
language form
and structure?
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
Starter Terminology
warm-up
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
Quick fire poem
test…
Miss Nadimbaba
EXTENSION:
What struggle?
Can you link to another
poem?
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
Quick fire poem
test…
“fresh graffiti sprayed
on her door, shit wrapped in newspaper posted
onto the floor”
EXTENSION:
What struggle?
Can you link to another
poem?
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
Quick fire poem
test…
“fresh graffiti sprayed
on her door, shit wrapped in newspaper posted
onto the floor”
EXTENSION:
What struggle?
Can you link to another
poem?
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
Quick fire poem
test…
“She looked down. Her skirts
were glass doors opening and closing, her stockings were
moving stairs, her shoes were lifts, going up, going down:”
EXTENSION:
What struggle?
Can you link to another
poem?
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
Quick fire poem
test…
“Anorexia’s true child”
EXTENSION:
What struggle?
Can you link to another
poem?
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
Quick fire poem
test…
“Happy
Birthday to you. Happy Birthday, Mr President.
The audience drooled”
EXTENSION:
What struggle?
Can you link to another
poem?
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
Quick fire poem
test…
“Act like a fucking Princess”
EXTENSION:
What struggle?
Can you link to another
poem?
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
Quick fire poem
test…
“What I think to myself is this:”
EXTENSION:
What struggle?
Can you link to another
poem?
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
Quick fire poem
test…
“No rules written to guide you”
EXTENSION:
What struggle?
Can you link to another
poem?
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
Quick fire poem
test…
“The stars were her mother’s eyes”
EXTENSION:
What struggle?
Can you link to another
poem?
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
Structuring your
essay
INTRO short para – declare your argument – THIS ESSAY IS AN
ARGUMENT – it can present one side.
PARA 1 – on POEM 1
PARA 2 – on POEM 2
PARA 3 – on POEM 3
Para 4 – on POEM 4
Conclusion
YOU CAN WRITE ON JUST
TWO IN CERTAIN
QUESTIONS – in which case
alternate…
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
Structuring your
paragraphs of
analysis
Point – connect the poem into your argument – TOPIC
SENTENCE ADDRESSING THE QUESTION IS VITAL
Evidence in LANGUAGE
Terminology and effect
E vidence in its choice of FORM
Terminology and effect
YOU CAN WRITE ON JUST
Evidence in its STRUCTURE
TWO IN CERTAIN
Terminology and effect
QUESTIONS – in which case
alternate…
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
TASK1:
Each person/pair allocated a poem
Speed dating…
Use the grid to see which poems are more
compatible
EXTENSION:
Alternative interpretations
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
Poem
Summary
Lang 1
Lang 2
Form
Structure
EXTENSION:
Alternative interpretations?
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
TASK2:
Group Essay
Planning and
paragraph writing
The Feminine
Gospels are a
collection of
poems written for
women, and seek
to portray men as
the oppressive
gender
How far do you
agree?
Outstanding Progress: a paragraph on a poem’s
language, form and structure using concise literary
analysis, sophisticated vocabulary, perceptive points
and developed argument to answer the question
Excellent Progress: a paragraph on a poem’s
language, form and structure using concise literary
analysis, and developed argument to answer the
question
Good Progress: a paragraph on a poem’s language,
form and structure using literary terminology and
answering the question
EXT: Can you spot
something no one else has
considered?
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
TASK2:
Group Essay
Planning and
paragraph writing
Outstanding Progress: a paragraph on a poem’s
language, form and structure using concise literary
analysis, sophisticated vocabulary, perceptive points
and developed argument to answer the question
Duffy’s poems only
appeal to feminist
women who feel
aggrieved with the
world.
Do you agree?
Excellent Progress: a paragraph on a poem’s
language, form and structure using concise literary
analysis, and developed argument to answer the
question
Good Progress: a paragraph on a poem’s language,
form and structure using literary terminology and
answering the question
EXT: Can you spot
something no one else has
considered?
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
TASK2:
Group Essay
Planning and
paragraph writing
Duffy sensitively
portrays the
struggle women
face in society
Do you agree?
Outstanding Progress: a paragraph on a poem’s
language, form and structure using concise literary
analysis, sophisticated vocabulary, perceptive points
and developed argument to answer the question
Excellent Progress: a paragraph on a poem’s
language, form and structure using concise literary
analysis, and developed argument to answer the
question
Good Progress: a paragraph on a poem’s language,
form and structure using literary terminology and
answering the question
EXT: Can you spot
something no one else has
considered?
Literary terms: Juxtaposition, assonance, alliteration, onomatopoeia, internal rhyme,
caesura, crescendo, bathos, pathos, satirical, misogyny
Critical reading: psychoanalytical, marxist, feminist
TASK2:
Group Essay
Planning and
paragraph writing
Duffy seems
estranged from
society and portrays
women as outsiders
struggling to fit in
Do you agree?
Outstanding Progress: a paragraph on a poem’s
language, form and structure using concise literary
analysis, sophisticated vocabulary, perceptive points
and developed argument to answer the question
Excellent Progress: a paragraph on a poem’s
language, form and structure using concise literary
analysis, and developed argument to answer the
question
Good Progress: a paragraph on a poem’s language,
form and structure using literary terminology and
answering the question
EXT: Can you spot
something no one else has
considered?