English Literature Sixth Sense Resources

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Analysing poetry for
GCSE English Literature
Simon Armitage

These resources will be of particular use to those of you who are studying the AQA specification for GCSE. If you are studying the poem for the first time, you might like to work through all the activities on each poem. However, if you have already been taught these poems and are revising, you might like to choose some of the activities to develop your existing knowledge.

November Task 2 Now you are going to explore the language used by Armitage in a little more detail. Use the clues in the following crossword to help you consider the significance of the words chosen by the poet. All of the answers are quotations from the poem.
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	November Task three Now look at the following quotations from the poem. Try to analyse these by focussing on how Armitage puts forward his ideas. Write your ideas clearly and in full sentences, using quotations to support your ideas. An example has been given to help you.
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