Remains by Simon Armitage – How to Get a Grade 9 (AQA GCSE English Literature) Introduction Remains is one of the most powerful poems in the AQA Power and Conflict anthology because it explores the lasting psychological effects of war. Written by Simon Armitage, the poem is based on the experiences of a British soldier […]
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Exposure by Wilfred Owen – How to Get a Grade 9 (AQA GCSE English Literature) Introduction Exposure is one of the most important poems in the AQA Power and Conflict anthology. Written by Wilfred Owen, the poem explores the suffering of soldiers in the First World War. Unlike patriotic war poetry, Owen shows war as
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“Poppies” by Jane Weir, GCSE poetry. The poem: Poppies by Jane Weir Three days before Armistice Sunday and poppies had already been placed on individual war graves. Before you left, I pinned one onto your lapel, crimped petals, spasms of paper red, disrupting a blockade of yellow bias binding around your blazer. Sellotape bandaged around
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‘London’ by William Blake, GCSE poetry. The poem: London by William Blake I wander thro’ each charter’d street, Near where the charter’d Thames does flow. And mark in every face I meet Marks of weakness, marks of woe. In every cry of every Man, In every Infants cry of fear, In every voice: in
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The Émigrée by Carol Rumens: GCSE poetry. The poem: The Emigrée by Carol Rumens There once was a country… I left it as a child but my memory of it is sunlight-clear for it seems I never saw it in that November which, I am told, comes to the mildest city. The worst news I
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“Checking Out Me History” by John Agard – GCSE poetry The poem: Checking Out Me History by John Agard Dem tell me Dem tell me Wha dem want to tell me Bandage up me eye with me own history Blind me to me own identity Dem tell me bout 1066 and all dat Dem tell
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The Charge of the Light Brigade – Alfred Lord Tennyson AQA Power and Conflict Essay The poem: ‘ The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson I Half a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. “Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for
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Exploring Conflict, Chaos, and Humanity in Ted Hughes’ Bayonet Charge The poem: Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes Suddenly he awoke and was running – raw In raw-seamed hot khaki, his sweat heavy, Stumbling across a field of clods towards a green hedge That dazzled with rifle fire, hearing Bullets smacking the belly out of the
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AQA Power and Conflict Poetry Comparison, ‘Ozymandias’ and ‘London’. You may also be interested in reading these articles: Our overall guide to the AQA GCSE Power and conflict anthology, click here. Individual poems Bayonet Charge, GCSE Revision guide. The Charge of the Light Brigade, GCSE Revision guide. Checking out me history, GCSE Revision guide.
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