Classic Poems - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0003230562 ISBN 13: 9780003230567

Publisher: Collins Educational, 1996

Synopsis

Classic Poems contains poems and activities covering the specifications set list of pre-1914 poets for Key Stage 3 and 4. It also includes poems from five post-1914 poets.

This collection of poetry introduces the secondary student to the rich and varied tradition of English poetry. It is base on the Specifications set list of poets from Wyatt to Yeats, but also includes lesser-know pieces and some surprises. Many of the great poems of the English language are included including: Tennyson’s The Lady of Shalott; Keats’ To Autumn; Coleridge’s Kubla Khan and many others.

About this title

Review:

‘The astonishing cast of readers and many historic readings make it a must-have.’ The independent

‘Everything worked: the poems are excellently chosen ... the questions which follow them are genuinely suggestive and there are some marvelously apt pictures and manuscript facsimiles.’ TES

From the Back Cover:

Poetry: age 14-16 years

''CLASSIC POEMS''

Christopher Martin

Classic Poems is the ideal GCSE textbook to cover pre-twentieth century poetry. It contains poems and activities covering the National Curriculum list of pre-20th century poets at Key Stages 3 and 4 (plus works from five twentieth century poets).

· Provides activities and ideas for GCSE and Standard Grade work.
· Caters for mixed ability classes with a range of oral and written tasks.
· Includes analysis of language and style.
· Provides dramatic photographs and illustrations.
· Includes historical documents putting the poems in historical and social context.

Classic Poems is much more than an anthology. It includes suggestions for oral and written work, together with full background notes to support the poems.
This collection is based on the National Curriculum set list of poets from Wyatt to Yeats, but also includes some lesser-known pieces and some surprises.
This new poetry resource is from the author of 'War Poems', the best-selling poetry book for secondary schools.

CONTENTS
Includes poems by: Emily Brontë, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold, Thomas Hardy, William Shakespeare, Thomas Wyatt, Edmund Spenser, John Donne, George Herbert, Robert Herrick, John Milton, Andrew Marvell, John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Thomas Gray, Robert Burns, William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, John Keats, Christina Rossetti, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron, John Clare, Alfred Tennyson, Gerard Manley Hopkins and others.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins Educational
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0003230562
• ISBN 13: 9780003230567
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• Editor: Martin Christopher