From sonnets to spoken word — a complete guide to reading, analysing and writing poetry, plus a ten-lesson program aligned with NESA Stage 6.
Form and structure, metre and rhyme, figurative language, context and interpretation, performance, and a Band 6 approach to analysis.
Open the Guide →Ten lessons — from terminology and form to writing original verse — each with teaching content, a close reading task, and an exam-style question.
Open the Lessons →Poetry is language that makes the fullest use of its sounds, rhythms, and arrangements. It compresses meaning through imagery, figurative language, metre, and form. In Stage 6, students analyse both traditional and contemporary poetry, from the sonnet and villanelle to free verse and spoken word, reading closely and writing imaginatively.