Year 10 - English
Comparing ideas of love in 'Sonnet 29', 'Cousin Kate' and 'Dusting the Phone'
Poetry anthology (Assessment from summer 2027)
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupis explore 11 of the 15 poems from the Eduqas poetry anthology. Pupils complete two lessons about each poem: one on understanding and one on analysis. Pupils study the poems in a thematically linked order so they can complete comparative and thematic lessons during the unit.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to compare how Browning, Rossetti, and Kay present ideas of love in 'Sonnet 29', 'Cousin Kate', and 'Dusting the Phone'.
Key Notes
- Browning, Rossetti and Kay all arguably depict an obsessive, all-consuming idea of love.
- Browning, Rossetti and Kay all potentially suggest how women's lives are influenced by their relationships.
- However, the way in which the women's lives are influenced by their relationships differs in each poem.
- Arguably, Browning's 'Sonnet 29' presents love as natural and desired.
- In contrast, Rossetti arguably depicts how shame is associated with sex and Kay implies a lack of intimacy in sex.
Vocabulary To Learn
- all-consuming: completely filling one's mind and attention
- shame: a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour
- implicit: suggested but not communicated directly
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Society's attitudes towards female pleasure have completely changed since the 1800s.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Browning, Rossetti and Kay all arguably depict an obsessive, all-consuming idea of love. Browning, Rossetti and Kay all potentially suggest how women's lives are influenced by their relationships.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'all-consuming'
completely filling one's mind and attention.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Society's attitudes towards female pleasure have completely changed since the 1800s. Correction: While society's attitudes towards female pleasure are less extreme than in the 1800s, arguably there is still a sense of shame attached to female pleasure in modern society.
More Lessons In This Unit
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- Analysing ideas of love and relationships in Ewing's 'Origin Story' Study Guide
- Analysing ideas of uncertainty and intensity in Kay's 'Dusting the Phone' Study Guide
- Analysing ideas of war and inevitability in Hardy's 'Drummer Hodge' Study Guide
- Analysing ideas of war and isolation in Owen's 'Disabled' Study Guide
- Analysing ideas of youth and nature in Blake's 'The Schoolboy' Study Guide
- Analysing ideas of youth and nostalgia in Heaney's 'Blackberry Picking' Study Guide
- Analysing the poem 'Catrin' by Gillian Clarke Study Guide
- Analysing the poem 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rossetti Study Guide
- Analysing the Poem 'Kamikaze' Study Guide
- Analysing the Poem 'Remains' Study Guide
- Analysing the poem 'Sonnet 29' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Study Guide
- Comparing ideas of identity and isolation in 'Disabled and 'Kamikaze' Study Guide
- Comparing ideas of love and identity in 'Catrin' and 'Origin Story' Study Guide
- Comparing ideas of war in Hardy's 'Drummer Hodge' and Armitage's 'Remains' Study Guide
- Comparing ideas of youth and nature in 'The Schoolboy' and 'Blackberry Picking' Study Guide
- Developing interpretations of 'Remains' with Simon Armitage Study Guide
- Exploring and responding to the Eduqas poetry anthology Study Guide
- Planning a written response on the Eduqas poetry anthology Study Guide
- Reviewing a written response on the Eduqas poetry anthology Study Guide
- Understanding ideas of love and obsession in Kay's 'Dusting the Phone' Study Guide
- Understanding ideas of love and relationships in Ewing's 'Origin Story' Study Guide
- Understanding ideas of war and isolation in Owen's 'Disabled' Study Guide
- Understanding ideas of war in Hardy's 'Drummer Hodge' Study Guide
- Understanding ideas of youth and nature in Blake's 'The Schoolboy' Study Guide
- Understanding ideas of youth and nostalgia in Heaney's 'Blackberry Picking' Study Guide
- Understanding the poem 'Catrin' by Gillian Clarke Study Guide
- Understanding the poem 'Cousin Kate' by Christina Rossetti Study Guide
- Understanding the Poem 'Kamikaze' Study Guide
- Understanding the poem 'Remains' Study Guide
- Understanding the poem 'Sonnet 29' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Study Guide
- Writing a written response on the Eduqas poetry anthology Study Guide
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