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The Complete IEB Poetry Resource
Prescribed Poems and Learning Materials for Grade 12
2012 - 2013 |
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Table of Contents
| Foreword |
| Using this resource |
7 |
| The English Experience |
7 |
| Introduction to Poetry |
| Guide to reading, understanding and analysing poetry |
8 |
| Guide to answering contextual poetry questions |
11 |
| Renaissance Section |
| Introduction to the Renaissance Period |
13 |
| Biography of William Shakespeare |
13 |
| Poem: “When I do count the clock that tells the time” - William Shakespeare |
14 |
| Analysis of “When I do count the clock that tells the time” |
14 |
| Questions on “When I do count the clock that tells the time” |
15 |
| Biography of John Milton |
18 |
| Poem: “When I consider how my light is spent” - John Milton |
18 |
| Analysis of “When I consider how my light is spent” |
19 |
| Questions on “When I consider how my light is spent” |
20 |
| Victorian and Gothic Section |
| Introduction to the Victorian and Gothic Periods |
44 |
| Biography of Emily Brontë |
44 |
| Poem: “Remembrance” - Emily Brontë |
45 |
| Analysis of “Remembrance” |
46 |
| Questions on “Remembrance” |
47 |
| Biography of Matthew Arnold |
50 |
| Poem: “Dover Beach” - Matthew Arnold |
50 |
| Analysis of “Dover Beach” |
51 |
| Questions on “Dover Beach” |
53 |
| Biography of Gerard Manley Hopkins |
57 |
| Poem: “Binsey Poplars” - Gerard Manley Hopkins |
58 |
| Analysis of “Binsey Poplars” |
59 |
| Questions on “Binsey Poplars” |
60 |
| British Modernist Section |
| Introduction to the British Modernist Period |
65 |
| Biography of William Butler Yeats |
65 |
| Poem: “The Song of Wandering Aengus” - William Butler Yeats |
66 |
| Analysis of “The Song of Wandering Aengus” |
67 |
| Questions on “The Song of Wandering Aengus” |
68 |
| Biography of Cecil Day-Lewis |
72 |
| Poem: “Will it be so again?” - Cecil Day-Lewis |
73 |
| Analysis of “Will it be so again?” |
73 |
| Questions on “Will it be so again?” |
75 |
| American Modernist Section |
| Introduction to the American Modernist Period |
79 |
| Biography of WH Auden |
79 |
| Poem: “Refugee Blues” - WH Auden |
80 |
| Analysis of “Refugee Blues” |
81 |
| Questions on “Refugee Blues” |
82 |
| Biography of Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
85 |
| Poem: “Constantly Risking Absurdity” - Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
86 |
| Analysis of “Constantly Risking Absurdity” |
87 |
| Questions on “Constantly Risking Absurdity” |
88 |
| Biography of Sylvia Plath |
90 |
| Poem: “Mirror” - Sylvia Plath |
91 |
| Analysis of “Mirror” |
91 |
| Questions on “Mirror” |
92 |
| South African Apartheid Section |
| Introduction to the South African Apartheid Period |
96 |
| Biography of Hugh Lewin |
97 |
| Poem: “Touch” - Hugh Lewin |
97 |
| Analysis of “Touch” |
99 |
| Questions on “Touch” |
100 |
| South African Post-Apartheid Section |
| Introduction to the South African Post-Apartheid Period |
104 |
| Biography of Tatamkhulu Afrika |
105 |
| Poem: “Trespasser” - Tatamkhulu Afrika |
106 |
| Analysis of “Trespasser” |
108 |
| Questions on “Trespasser” |
109 |
| Biography of Chris Mann |
112 |
| Poem: “Crossing over” - Chris Mann |
113 |
| Analysis of “Crossing over” |
114 |
| Questions on “Crossing over” |
115 |
| Biography of Chris van Wyk |
118 |
| Poem: “I have my Father’s Voice” - Chris van Wyk |
119 |
| Analysis of “I have my Father’s Voice” |
120 |
| Questions on “I have my Father’s Voice” |
121 |
| Unseen Poetry Section |
| Getting to grips with the Unseen Poem: Some Guidelines |
126 |
| “Why a Poem... or a Cat?” - Harriet Stovall Kelley |
128 |
| “George Gray” - Edgar Lee Masters |
131 |
| “Two Thieves” - Charl-Pierre Naudé |
133 |
| “Identity” - Julio Noboa Polanco |
136 |
| “The Elephant Tree” - Ian McCallum |
138 |
| “The Fear” - Lily Allen |
141 |
| Wild Card Questions, Visuals and Rubrics |
| “When I do count the clock that tells the time” - William Shakespeare |
145 |
| “When I consider how my light is spent” - John Milton |
147 |
| “The Tyger” - William Blake |
149 |
| “Ozymandias of Egypt” - Percy Bysshe Shelley |
151 |
| “Ode to Autumn” - John Keats |
153 |
| “Remembrance” - Emily Brontë |
155 |
| “Dover Beach” - Matthew Arnold |
157 |
| “Binsey Poplars” - Gerard Manley Hopkins |
159 |
| “The Song of Wandering Aengus” - William Butler Yeats |
161 |
| “Will it be so again?” - Cecil Day-Lewis |
163 |
| “Refugee Blues” - WH Auden |
165 |
| “Constantly Risking Absurdity” - Lawrence Ferlinghetti |
167 |
| “Mirror” - Sylvia Plath |
169 |
| “Touch” - Hugh Lewin |
171 |
| “Trespasser” - Tatamkhulu Afrika |
173 |
| “Crossing over” - Chris Mann |
175 |
| “I have my Father’s Voice” - Chris van Wyk |
177 |
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