AQA Set Texts & Revision Overview
AQA Set Texts & Revision Overview
Suggested Walkthrough
Suggested Walkthrough
How should I prioritise my time?
With so much content - where is best to begin?
How should I prioritise my time?
With so much content - where is best to begin?
Subject Content
English Literature
Subject Content
English Literature
Poetry is 65% of marks on paper 2 or about 40% of the total marks in English Literature - it's a good place to start.
Poetry is 65% of marks on paper 2 or about 40% of the total marks in English Literature - it's a good place to start.
You can develop your essay writing & analytical skills as you familiarise yourself with each poem. Think of each poem as a fresh opportunity to apply your skills. Practise. Practise. Practise… after you've worked through the list, larger texts won't feel anywhere near as overwhelming.
You can develop your essay writing & analytical skills as you familiarise yourself with each poem. Think of each poem as a fresh opportunity to apply your skills. Practise. Practise. Practise… after you've worked through the list, larger texts won't feel anywhere near as overwhelming.
15 Poems in the 'Power & Conflict' Cluster. *Most Common Choice.
15 Poems in the 'Power & Conflict' Cluster. *Most Common Choice.
Ozymandias – Percy Bysshe Shelley
London – William Blake
The Prelude – William Wordsworth
My Last Duchess – Robert Browning
The Charge of the Light Brigade – Lord Tennyson
Exposure – Wilfred Owen
Storm on the Island – Seamus Heaney
Bayonet Charge – Ted Hughes
Remains – Simon Armitage
Poppies – Jane Weir
War Photographer – Carol Ann Duffy
Tissue – Imtiaz Dharker
The Emigrée – Carol Rumens
Checking Out Me History – John Agard
Kamikaze – Beatrice Garland
Ozymandias – Percy Bysshe Shelley
London – William Blake
The Prelude – William Wordsworth
My Last Duchess – Robert Browning
The Charge of the Light Brigade – Lord Tennyson
Exposure – Wilfred Owen
Storm on the Island – Seamus Heaney
Bayonet Charge – Ted Hughes
Remains – Simon Armitage
Poppies – Jane Weir
War Photographer – Carol Ann Duffy
Tissue – Imtiaz Dharker
The Emigrée – Carol Rumens
Checking Out Me History – John Agard
Kamikaze – Beatrice Garland
↙ Click to see / read the poems and/or key extracts.
↙ Click to see / read the poems and/or key extracts.
Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry
(60%, 2 hours 15 minutes, 96 marks)
Section A (Modern Texts, 34 marks): One question on a dramatic text e.g. An Inspector Calls or Blood Brothers.
Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry
(60%, 2 hours 15 minutes, 96 marks)
Section A (Modern Texts, 34 marks): One question on a dramatic text e.g. An Inspector Calls or Blood Brothers.
Let's start here ↓
Let's start here ↓
Section B (Poetry, 30 marks): One question where you have to compare two poems from the studied cluster e.g. 'Love and Relationships' or 'Power and Conflict'. *One poem is given, the other you must know.
Section C (Unseen Poetry, 32 marks): Analyse one unseen poem (24 marks) and compare with another (8 marks).
Section B (Poetry, 30 marks): One question where you have to compare two poems from the studied cluster e.g. 'Love and Relationships' or 'Power and Conflict'. *One poem is given, the other you must know.
Section C (Unseen Poetry, 32 marks): Analyse one unseen poem (24 marks) and compare with another (8 marks).
Master the key elements: imagery and tone
Reduce each poem to an easily memorable image and tone which dominates and lingers, long after reading.
Master the key elements: imagery and tone
Reduce each poem to an easily memorable image and tone which dominates and lingers, long after reading.
Lasting image
Lasting image
Lasting tone
Lasting tone
Ruined colossal statue in vast, empty desert
Impoverished dirty city, depressed people
Moonlit lake surrounded by huge mountains
Palace filled with paintings and visitors
Chaotic battle inside a valley with smoke and death
Icy quiet trench with little action and terrible weather
Remote house, resilient despite the terrible weather
Intense battlefield action and close-up of an individual soldier
Blurred memory, looping
on a screen.Once pleasant home, now very quiet and empty with mum on her own.
Darkroom where photographer is developing his awful pictures
Books, maps and paper, pages, zoom-in and out of details
Strange city, not much life. Sunny but sick children / people.
Flickering between colonial explorers and famous historical figures.
Japanese coastal villages with little fishing boats and subdued people
Ruined colossal statue in vast, empty desert
Impoverished dirty city, depressed people
Moonlit lake surrounded by huge mountains
Palace filled with paintings and visitors
Chaotic battle inside a valley with smoke and death
Icy quiet trench with little action and terrible weather
Remote house, resilient despite the terrible weather
Intense battlefield action and close-up of an individual soldier
Blurred memory, looping
on a screen.Once pleasant home, now very quiet and empty with mum on her own.
Darkroom where photographer is developing his awful pictures
Books, maps and paper, pages, zoom-in and out of details
Strange city, not much life. Sunny but sick children / people.
Flickering between colonial explorers and famous historical figures.
Japanese coastal villages with little fishing boats and subdued people
Ironic and detached
Angry and accusatory
Awe-struck, but turning guilty
Coldly arrogant and controlling
Heroic yet realistic
Bleak and resigned
Defiant but pragmatic
Frenzied and horrified
Haunted and casual
Tender but aching
Detached and ironic
Hopeful and wistful
Nostalgic and defiant
Playful yet assertive
Reflective and sorrowful
Ironic and detached
Angry and accusatory
Awe-struck, but turning guilty
Coldly arrogant and controlling
Heroic yet realistic
Bleak and resigned
Defiant but pragmatic
Frenzied and horrified
Haunted and casual
Tender but aching
Detached and ironic
Hopeful and wistful
Nostalgic and defiant
Playful yet assertive
Reflective and sorrowful
Power & Conflict
Poetry Cluster
Power & Conflict
Poetry Cluster
Love and relationship cluster coming soon.
Love and relationship cluster coming soon.
GCSE English Literature (8702)
GCSE English Literature (8702)
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