A-level
English Literature A-level:
Poetry - open text
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Poetry - open text
Introduction
Reading and preparing your anthology
- Reading individual poems
- Making links between the poems
- Introductions and background notes
- What next?
Considering the style of anthology
- Anthologies by a single poet
- Anthologies of a particular period
- Anthologies based on a certain theme
Comparing the poems
Test It
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