Tony Harrison’s father copes with grief in his own way.
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Tag: IGCSE Literature
The City Planners
Take a drive through Margaret Atwood’s sinister suburban poem to find out who the City Planners are – and what they really want.
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A Consumer’s Report
Peter Porter pushes back against consumer-culture in this uniquely un-poetic poem.
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Night Sweat
Sink or swim in the sea of Robert Lowell’s obsession.
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Request to a Year
Judith Wright knows what it takes to be a successful artist: her great-great-grandmother showed her the way.
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The Telephone Call
Fleur Adcock reminds us that, in the final reckoning, we’re all winners; we just need to remember to appreciate it.
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Ozymandias
Pride comes before a fall in Percy Shelley’s smashing sonnet.
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The Man with Night Sweats
Thom Gunn gives form to fear in a time of crisis.
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He Never Expected Much
Don’t look back in anger, advises Thomas Hardy; but is he hiding deeper regrets?
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The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument
Anne Stevenson’s philosophical poem asks what it means to be truly alive.
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