I Am Very Bothered: Simon Armitage

This 22-slide lesson explores Simon Armitage’s poem, ‘I Am Very Bothered’.

The lesson encourages students to analyse Armitage’s poem as a subversion of typical love poetry, thinking about its ironic use of the sonnet form and the speaker’s distorted sense of romantic imagery.

The poem’s language, structure, and form is considered. Questions, discussion points, and tasks are included for students. An extended essay question (including an exemplar introduction and analytical paragraph) is featured at the end of the lesson.

A copy of the poem is also included.

This lesson is ideal for Key Stage 3 or GCSE analysis.

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