Don’t look back in anger, advises Thomas Hardy; but is he hiding deeper regrets?
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Tag: IGCSE Poetry Resources
The Spirit is too Blunt an Instrument
Anne Stevenson’s philosophical poem asks what it means to be truly alive.
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The Character of a Happy Life
Follow Henry Wotton’s step-by-step guide to peace and contentment.
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Rhyme of the Dead Self
See the lengths A.R.D. Fairburn will go to bury the misery of romantic failure.
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Nearing Forty
A sleepless night prompts Derek Walcott’s intense, introspective poem.
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Verses Written on her Death-Bed at Bath
Mary Monck ruminates on death and life in this touching verse-letter.
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Now Let No Charitable Hope
Elinor Wylie teaches us to face adversity with a dignified smile.
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The Flower-Fed Buffaloes
Vachel Lindsay laments a vanished way of life.
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Dover Beach
Armies of ignorance conquer all in Matthew Arnold’s dark and disturbing vision of the world.
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