Whatever you do, don’t pity Edna St Vincent Millay for her broken heart.
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Tag: IGCSE Poetry Resources
Song to the Men of England
Percy Bysshe Shelley exhorts us to rise up in this powerful poetical polemic.
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Not Waving But Drowning
Stevie Smith asks if we couldn’t all do a little more to help from time to time.
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In Praise of Creation
Faith is stronger than doubt in this eulogy by Elizabeth Jennings.
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Cetacean
If you feel like you’re missing that spark of inspiration, go whale-watching with Peter Reading.
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Mid-Term Break
Seamus Heaney shares with us a sad memory from his childhood.
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Stormcock in Elder
Muse, angel, herald, companion, spirit guide. Ruth Pitter explores the significance of a seemingly ordinary bird in this lovely poem.
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Caged Bird
Maya Angelou explores suffering, inequality and a people’s refusal to give up in this hard-hitting poem.
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Written Near a Port on a Dark Evening
Charlotte Smith negotiates the shifting sands of life in this dark and stormy sonnet.
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