Love really hurts in Aphra Behn’s cherubic rework
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Tag: IGCSE Literature
The Capital
W.H. Auden takes us on a tour of a glittering city… and gives us a glimpse of the rot that lies beneath
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The Road
Nancy Cato races time itself – and almost wins – in this exhilarating ballad from Australia
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an afternoon nap
Arthur Yap is woken from his daily snooze by a piano lesson gone awry
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Touch and Go
Stevie Smith wonders whether mankind is truly alone in the world
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The Enemies
Elizabeth Jennings explores the poisonous power of paranoia in this cold-war parable
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The Instant of My Death
Sarah Jackson makes an unexpected connection in this elusive poem about travel and change.
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Rich and Poor or, Saint and Sinner
Thomas Love Peacock exposes the unfairness of religious moralism towards the poor.
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These are the Times We Live In
Imtiaz Dharker’s poem exposes institutional xenophobia through a demeaning interaction.
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