Forward Poetry of the Decade Highly Detailed Revision Notes for A Level English Literature Edexcel

Forward Poetry of the Decade Highly Detailed Revision Notes for A Level English Literature Edexcel.

Massive Bundle of Notes (92 pages in total covering ALL of the required poems on the Edexcel specification).

‘Eat Me’ by Patience Agbabi ‘Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass’ by Simon Armitage ‘Material’ by Ros Barber ‘History’ by John Burnside ‘An Easy Passage’ by Julia Copus ‘The Deliverer’ by Tishani Doshi ‘The Lammas Hireling’ by Ian Duhig ‘To My Nine-Year-Old Self’ by Helen Dunmore ‘A Minor Role’ by U A Fanthorpe ‘The Gun’ by Vicki Feaver ‘The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled’ by Leontia Flynn ‘Giuseppe’ by Roderick Ford ‘Out of the Bag’ by Seamus Heaney ‘Effects’ by Alan Jenkins ‘Genetics’ by Sinéad Morrissey ‘From the Journal of a Disappointed Man’ by Andrew Motion ‘Look We Have Coming to Dover!’ by Daljit Nagra ‘Please Hold’ by Ciaran O’Driscoll ‘On Her Blindness’ by Adam Thorpe ‘Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn’ by Tim Turnbull.

The revision notes take the form of a table where each poem has the following detailed analysis: summary of the poem (‘story’ of the poem); the poet biography; context (not needed for the exam but useful to know); key themes and ideas of the poem; imagery; form and structure; critique and possible comparison with other poems (again not needed for the exam but useful to know which poems have similar themes as they both might come up in the exam to be compared to the unseen poem).

Very thorough notes produced from a variety of sources. Personal contact/insight information with a few of the poets (Motion, Copus, Feaver, Morrissey and Turnbull). Also is included is a document that was sent to me by Vicki Feaver - hopefully this insight information will set your essays apart from other essays).

Also included is a helpful comparison table and an example of an A* essay which received full marks.

Thank you for your interest in this resource. Should you have any questions or require any further information, please email alevelrevisionmadeeasy@gmail.com.