Form, meter, rhyme and stanza structures from sonnet to free verse — plus voice, annotation method, model analyses, 10 lessons with worksheets, Band 6 samples and marking criteria.
Meter and scansion, rhyme schemes, fixed forms (sonnet, villanelle, ballad), free verse, poetic voice, lineation, and a step-by-step annotation method with model Band 6 analyses.
Open the Guide →Ten lessons from imagery basics to comparative poem essays — each with stimulus poem or excerpt, exam question, sample answer, criteria and worksheet.
Open the Lessons →Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.— Robert Frost, interview, 1915