attribution of human characteristics to non-human things

the part of the word that you don't emphasise or accent

a pattern in poetry where each unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable

a line that ends in an unstressed syllable

Analysing the poem 'Shall earth no more inspire thee'

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In 'AQA World and Lives Poetry', pupils analyse how themes of identity and belonging are presented over a variety of poetry spanning different eras. In 'AQA World and Lives Poetry continued', pupils critically analyse the the remaining poems in the cluster, exploring these themes in a more nuanced way.

In 'Single Poet Study: Maya Angelou', pupils explored how Angelou used language, form and structure to describe strong bonds to people and place. In 'AQA World and Lives Poetry', pupils analyse poems from a range of cultures and traditions, exploring how themes of identity and belonging are presented..

Poetry anthology: first study

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The final stanza of 'Shall earth no more inspire thee' is written in which rhyming pattern?

In 'Shall earth no more inspire thee', by implying that the speaker is nature, Bronte is {{}} nature.

A pattern in poetry where each unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable is called...

What reaction does the speaker receive from the listener in Bronte's 'Shall earth no more inspire thee'?

The part of the word that you don't emphasise or accent is called the...

Bronte's decision to add an extra unstressed syllable to some of the lines in 'Shall earth no more inspire thee' most likely indicates...

The attribution of human characteristics to non-human things is called...

encourage the listener to return to nature

encourage the listener to forget about nature

consider how they might use nature in their writing

In Bronte's 'Shall earth no more inspire thee', the speaker is trying to...

What might regularity in a rhyme scheme suggest?

you proving your ideas to the reader through evidence

giving opposing ideas throughout your piece of writing

proving that everyone else's ideas are wrong

A literary argument in a piece of writing consists of...

In the word "inspire", the "in" is the unstressed syllable. What sort of sound is it in comparison to the stressed syllable "spire"?

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