The Metaphysical Poets A Level Revision Pack

This is a condensed revision pack that covers all of the key material needed to succeed in The Metaphysical Poets portion of the A-Level exam (tailored to Edexcel, but the information is widely applicable).
This pack will walk students step-by-step through what they need to do to revise for their The Metaphysical Poets exam.
This pack includes:
Key Vocabulary
• A list of key vocabulary that can be used to dissect the poems, broken down by theme and covering the breadth of The Metaphysical Poets’ work. Allows students to enhance their essay writing with higher level language.
Understanding the Poems
• Poem Groupings: Poems grouped by theme and date.
• Essential Arguments: A breakdown of The Metaphysical Poets’ essential arguments put forward in regards to love, romance, women, gender, the physical vs the spiritual, grief, death, religion, God, and the afterlife.
Argument and Style
• Literary Influences: A breakdown of all his major allusions and intertexts, including the Metaphysicals, Plato, Petrarch, and the Bible.
• What is The Metaphysical Poets’ point? Sentence stems organised by argument, breaks down their key arguments and how they are posed.
• Craft: Sentence stems organised by theme that allow for in depth exploration of The Metaphysical Poets’ craft, compares to their wider body of work and the metaphysical movement.
• Key Context: All of the overarching key context that relates to The Metaphysical Poets’ poetry, dual coded and organised into a grid.
Exam Technique
• How to Approach an Exam-Style Question
• What if I Need Support? How to Break Down a Poem