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Year 10 - English

Comparing Romantic poets' attitudes to nature

'Power and Conflict'

Unit Summary

In this unit, pupis explore 12 of the 15 poems from the 'Power and Conflict' anthology. Pupils complete two lessons about each poem: one on understanding and one on analysis. Pupils study the poems in three groups, and they pause after each group to compare how those poems present common themes.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to draw interesting comparisons between two Romantic poems.

Key Notes

  • The poems that you choose to compare should both be linked to the focus and nuances of the question you are asked.
  • Focus your introduction and topic sentences on connections and contrasts between ideas, not devices.
  • Reference poetic devices and draw attention to them, not simply the literary.
  • You can use poetic devices and ideas about form and structure to help support your topic sentences.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • transcendental: being beyond ordinary human experience, thought or belief
  • omnipotence: having unlimited or very great power
  • existential: relating to human existence or being alive

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • All Romantic poems from the anthology are equally comparable.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.

The poems that you choose to compare should both be linked to the focus and nuances of the question you are asked. Focus your introduction and topic sentences on connections and contrasts between ideas, not devices.

2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'transcendental'

being beyond ordinary human experience, thought or belief.

3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.

Mistake: All Romantic poems from the anthology are equally comparable. Correction: Some Romantic poems are more suitable for comparison, depending on which question you are asked.

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