IGCSE Poetry Resources

The Cockroach

Kevin Halligan’s as stuck as a bug in a rut

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Matrimony’s not quite so holy in Katherine Philips’ anti-marriage poem

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William Blake sweeps away the comforting lies that enable child exploitation

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Who is really being appreciated in this famously tender poem by William Shakespeare?

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Nurture trumps nature in Elizabeth Brewster’s austerely beautiful poem

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Alexander Pope examines our place in the grand scheme of things

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There’s plenty of reasons to be sad – and angry – in Gillian Clarke’s poem based on the events of the first Gulf War

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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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Nancy Cato races time itself – and almost wins – in this exhilarating ballad from Australia

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Elizabeth Smither weaves a life lesson from strands of her own hair

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