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Year 10, Autumn Term 2 Overview

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  • What is a volta?
    It is a rhetorical shift that marks the change of a thought or argument in a poem.
  • Who wrote the poem War Photographer?
    Carol Ann Duffy
  • What is the effect of the irregular line length and enjambment in Poem at Thirty-Nine?
    Creates the effect of free thought, perhaps exploration of grief.
  • Remember is a Petrarchan sonnet. What structure does a Petrarchan sonnet have?
    Iambic pentameter. 14 lines. ABBAABBA CDECDE or CDCDCD
  • How is love described in Sonnet 116?
    Powerful, guidance, withstand death, withstand time.
  • Poem at Thirty-Nine explores the loss of her father. What skills does she discuss her father teaching her?
    Writing, finances, cooking, standing up for yourself.
  • What is interesting about the spelling used in the poem Half-Caste?
    He uses colloquial language. He spells it phonetically to imitate his accent.
  • Who is the poem Piano about?
    It is about Lawrence's mother.
  • Vernon Scannell wrote Hide and Seek. What is interesting about his life?
    He was in the military, he deserted, went on the run, was caught and put in a psychiatric ward. Released and held many different jobs.
  • What 2 languages are used in Search For My Tongue?
    English and Gujarati
  • In the poem war photographer, what theme is being explored in this line “The reader’s eyeballs prick with tears between the bath and pre-lunch beers.”
    Our Increasing lack of care to the Victims of Conflict
  • What emotions does the child experience in the game of Hide and Seek?
    Excitement, nervousness, anticipation, sadness and loneliness.
  • What emotions does the poet feel in Piano?
    Anger, nostalgia, sadness, grief, happiness
  • What poem could you link with Remember?
    Poem at Thirty-Nine, Piano, Hide and Seek
  • Who wrote Poem at Thirty-Nine?
    Alice Walker
  • Sonnet 116 is a Shakespearean sonnet. What structure does a Shakespearean sonnet have?
    Iambic pentameter. 14 lines. ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
  • Who wrote Half-Caste?
    John Agard
  • What themes are explored in Search For My Tongue?
    The challenges of being bilingual. Challenges of identity and of belonging.
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