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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Tag: IGCSE Poetry Resources
The Road
Nancy Cato races time itself – and almost wins – in this exhilarating ballad from Australia
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A Long Journey
Follow Musaemura Zimunya back up an endless river into Zimbabwe’s forgotten past
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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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Children of Wealth
Elizabeth Daryush shows how money can’t buy happiness in this sympathetic sonnet.
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