Revision session: Relationships poetry

Goals for the session: - review key words/themes of each poem - sample essay - comparison chart - planning to write

To His Coy Mistress

Themes:Time/impatience

Lust

The Farmer’s Bride

Themes:Frustration

Unhappy love

Sonnet 116

Themes:True lovedevotion

Sonnet 43

Themes:True lovedevotion

Sister Maude

Themes:Intense emotions

Family relationshipsSibling relationships

Quickdraw

Themes:Time

Intense emotions

Pain

Praise Song For My Mother

Themes:Preparedness

for lifeFamily

relationships

Nettles

Themes:Preparedness for

lifeProtection

Family relationships

Manhunt

Themes:PainTime

True love

In Paris With You

Themes:Pain

Self-pityUnrequited love

Hour

Themes:Time (against

love)True love

Harmonium

Themes:TimeFamily

relationshipsRegret

Ghazal

Themes:Lust

Intense emotions

Brothers

Themes:Family

relationshipsRegret

Born Yesterday

Themes:Happiness

Preparedness for life

Family relationships

Comparison chart – after you’ve grouped your poems, choose 2 of them to compare/contrast . Work through each category and make very short notes.

Poem 1 Poem 2

To help you find connections between the poems, choose 2 to compare using these categories.

Points for originality!• As long as you can back up your argument, your

opinion of a poem can be justified – the more original the idea, the more likely the examiner will be impressed with what you have to say; they get fed up with reading the same thing about the same poems – aim to surprise them!

H:Use the sample A-grade essay to

backwards-plan your essay.

1) Compare how the poets present difficulties in a

relationship in ‘The Manhunt’ and in one

other poem from Relationships.

Remember to compare: what the difficulties in the relationships are

how the poets present these difficulties by the

ways they write.

1) Compare how the poets present difficulties in a relationship in ‘The Manhunt’ and in one other poem from Relationships.

Remember to compare:

- what the difficulties in the relationships are - how the poets present these difficulties by the ways they write (methods)

F:Use the sample A-grade essay to backwards-plan

your essay.

1) Compare how poets present

difficult relationships in “The Farmer’s Bride” and one

other poem from Relationships.

1) 1) Compare how poets present difficult relationships in “The Farmer’s Bride” and one other poem from Relationships.

Remember to compare:

- what the difficulties in the relationships are - how the poets present these difficulties by the ways they write (methods)

A*-high

A

Low A-B

Low B - C

Low C - D