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Verse 2028 OL

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This innovative write-in poetry anthology for Ordinary Level contains a full exam-style question for every poem, comprehensively preparing students to answer their poetry section questions with confidence!

  • Contains all of the poetry prescribed for the 2028 Ordinary Level examination.
  • Features a clear, A4 layout, with bright, colourful imagery.
  • Write-in book, leaves students with an invaluable revision guide at exam time.
  • Glossary of poetic terms gives clear explanations to refer back to when needed.
  • A short biography for each poet details key events from their life.
  • Pre-reading questions promote discussion and aid understanding.
  • Each poem is accompanied by a key image and a glossary.
  • Understanding sections provide brief summaries and stanza-by-stanza or line-by-line guides.
  • Exploring sections analyse language and imagery, tone and theme.
  • Responding sections for each poem feature a write-in poetic techniques table, comprehending questions and a full exam-style question.
  • Exam advice sections provide useful information on preparing for and answering questions on prescribed and unseen poetry, including sample answers and analysis.
  • Unseen poetry section offers a variety of fresh poems to practise answering this question.

2028 Ordinary Level Poems

‘Advice to a Discarded Lover’ by Fleur Adcock
‘When Great Trees Fall’ by Maya Angelou
‘How Do I Love Thee?’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
‘The Juggler at Heaven’s Gate’ by Raymond Carver
‘New Liberty Hall’ by Austin Clarke
‘Kubla Khan’ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
‘Summit Beach, 1921’ by Rita Dove
‘Night Drive’ by Tom French
‘They Clapped’ by Nikki Giovanni
‘Away’ by Vona Groarke
‘The Thought-Fox’ by Ted Hughes
‘Ter Conatus’ by Bernard O’Donoghue
‘On the euthanasia of a pet dog’ by Elizabeth Smither
‘In Praise of My Sister’ by Wisława Szymborska
‘This Is Just to Say’ by William Carlos Williams
‘The sun’ by Benjamin Zephaniah

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