Unseen Booklet v2
Unseen Booklet v2
Unseen Booklet v2
2 Section C:
Unseen Poetry
Name:
Mentor Group:
English Teacher:
One Art
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Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn’t hard to master.
Elizabeth Bishop
2 7 . 1 In ‘One Art,’ how does the speaker convey their feelings about the subject of loss?
[24 marks]
Grief
2
Your name was the food I lived on;
Stephen Dobyns
2 7 . 2 In both ‘One Art’ and ‘Grief’, the speakers describe the death of a loved one. What are the
similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present these feelings?
[8 marks]
W. B. Yeats
2 7 . 1 In ‘The Wild Swans at Coole,’ how does the poet present his feelings about the swans in this
poem?
[24 marks]
The Tyger
4
What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp,
Dare its deadly terrors clasp!
William Blake
2 7 . 2 In both ‘The Wild Swans at Coole’ and ‘The Tyger’, the speakers describe an animal. What are
the similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present these animals?
[8 marks]
The Rear-Guard
(Hindenburg Line, April 1917)
Siegfried Sassoon
2 7 . 1 In ‘The Rear-Guard,’ how does the poet present his ideas about the soldier’s journey?
[24 marks]
The Solider
Rupert Brooke
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2 7 . 2 In both ‘The Rear Guard’ and ‘The Soldier’, the speakers describe the experience of a soldier.
What are the similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present their ideas about being a
soldier?
[8 marks]
2 7 . 1 In ‘In Mrs Tilscher’s Class,’ how does the poet present ideas about childhood memories?
[24 marks]
2 7 . 2 In both ‘In Mrs Tilscher’s Class’ and ‘The Cry of the Children’, the speakers describe childhood.
What are the similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present childhood?
[8 marks]
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Fantasy of an African Boy
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don’t open gates in other countries,
as lots and lots never do.
James Berry
2 7 . 1 In ‘Fantasy of an African Boy,’ how does the poet present ideas about the significance of money?
[24 marks]
10
just wouldn't
STOP
and all the roofs leaked-
dishpans,
cooking pots
were placed all about;
they dripped loudly
and had to be emptied
again and
again.
Charles Bukowski
2 7 . 2 In both ‘Fantasy of An African Boy’ and ‘We Ain’t Got No Money, Honey, But We Got Rain’,
the speakers describe finances. What are the similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present
their feelings about money?
[8 marks]
Robert Frost
2 7 . 1 In ‘The Road Not Taken,’ how does the poet present ideas about the importance of making
decisions?
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[24 marks]
William Wordsworth
2 7 . 2 In both ‘The Road Not Taken’ and ‘I Travelled Among Unknown Men’, the speakers describe
unknown paths and choices. What are the similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present
their feelings about choices?
[8 marks]
12
Island Man
Morning
and island man wakes up
to the sound of blue surf
in his head
the steady breaking and wombing
wild seabirds
and fishermen pushing out to sea
the sun surfacing defiantly
from the east
of his small emerald island
he always comes back groggily groggily
muffling muffling
his crumpled pillow waves
island man heaves himself
Grace Nichols
2 7 . 1 In ‘Island Man,’ how does the poet present ideas about place?
[24 marks]
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The Fringe of the Sea
A L Hendriks
2 7 . 2 In both ‘Island Man’ and ‘The Fringe of the Sea’, the speakers describe a place in the past. What
are the similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present their feelings about this place?
[8 marks]
An Old Woman
2 7 . 1 In ‘An Old Woman,’ how does the poet create sympathy for the old woman?
[24 marks]
William Blake
2 7 . 2 In both ‘An Old Woman’ and ‘Holy Thursday’, the poets discuss charity. What are the
similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present their ideas about charity and suffering?
[8 marks]
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Blessing
Imtiaz Dharker
2 7 . 1 In ‘Blessing,’ how does the poet present ideas about poverty and wealth?
[24 marks]
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Poverty
D. H. Lawrence
2 7 . 2 In both ‘Blessing’ and ‘Poverty’, the poets discuss inequality. What are the similarities and/or
differences between the ways the poets present their feelings about poverty?
[8 marks]
Still I Rise
18
You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Maya Angelou
2 7 . 1 In ‘Still I Rise,’ how does the poet present ideas about determination and injustice?
[24 marks]
I, Too
19
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,
I’ll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody’ll dare
Say to me,
“Eat in the kitchen,”
Then.
Besides,
They’ll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed—
I, too, am America.
Langston Hughes
2 7 . 2 In both ‘Still I Rise’ and ‘I, Too’, the poets describe racism. What are the similarities and/or
differences between the ways the poets present their feelings about racism?
[8 marks]
O Captain! My Captain!
Captain! My Captain!
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won,
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
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While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,
The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,
From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;
Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
Walt Whitman
2 7 . 1 In ‘O Captain! My Captain!’ how does the poet present ideas about loyalty?
[24 marks]
Jessie Pope
2 7 . 2 In both ‘O Captain! My Captain!’ and ‘Who’s For The Game?’ the poets describe devotion and
loyalty. What are the similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present their feelings about
loyalty in warfare?
[8 marks]
Invictus
22
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
2 7 . 1 In ‘Invictus,’ how does the poet present ideas about fate and determination?
[24 marks]
2 7 . 2 In both ‘Invictus’ and ‘How Did You Die?’ the poets describe success and failure. What are the
similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present their feelings about success and failure?
[8 marks]
Alpine Letter
24
And in this ink the movement of your hand.
Ros Barber
2 7 . 1 In ‘Alpine Letter,’ how does the poet present ideas about love?
[24 marks]
Miles Away
25
Carol Ann Duffy
2 7 . 2 In both ‘Alpine Letter’ and ‘Miles Away,’ the poets discuss romantic love. What are the
similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present their ideas about love?
[8 marks]
Piano
26
D. H. Lawrence
2 7 . 1 In ‘Piano,’ how does the speaker present ideas about the significance of memories?
[24 marks]
A.E. Houseman
*Rue = sadness
*Laden = weighed down
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2 7 . 2 In both ‘Piano’ and ‘With rue my heart is laden,’ the poets discuss regret and memory. What are
the similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present their feelings about the past?
[8 marks]
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And I have learned, too,
to laugh with only my teeth
and shake hands without my heart.
I have also learned to say, ‘Goodbye’,
when I mean ‘Good-riddance’;
to say ‘Glad to meet you’,
without being glad; and to say ‘It’s been
nice talking to you’, after being bored.
Gabriel Okara
2 7 . 1 In ‘Once Upon a Time,’ how does the speaker present their feelings about the effects of age?
[24 marks]
Warning
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Jenny Joseph
2 7 . 2 In both ‘Once Upon A Time’ and ‘Warning,’ the poets discuss old age. What are the similarities
and/or differences between the ways the poets present their attitudes to old age?
[8 marks]
Chinua Achebe
2 7 . 1 In ‘A Mother in a Refugee Camp,’ how does the poet present ideas about loss?
[24 marks]
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Extract from Last Letter
Ted Hughes
2 7 . 2 In both ‘A Mother In A Refugee Camp’ and ‘Last Letter,’ the poets discuss death. What are the
similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present feelings about death?
[8 marks]
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First they came…
Martin Niemöller
2 7 . 1 In ‘First they came,’ how does the poet present their ideas about speaking out against injustice?
[24 marks]
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Not My Business
Niyi Osundare
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2 7 . 2 In both ‘First they came..’ and ‘Not my business,’ the poets describe selfishness and injustice.
What are the similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present their ideas about selfishness
and injustice?
[8 marks]
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