to receive money, property, or possessions from someone after the person has died

a person who is travelling or visiting a place for pleasure

Understanding the poem 'Like an Heiress'

English

In 'AQA World and Lives Poetry continued', pupils used a range of reading skills to aid the supported decoding of challenging poems. In Unseen Poetry, pupils use these reading skills to decode texts with independence. 

In 'AQA World and Lives Poetry', pupils compared the language, form and structure of a variety of poems connected by the themes of culture and identity. In 'AQA World and Lives Poetry continued', pupils work on making more nuanced comparisons, focusing on the final three poems: *With Birds You're Never Lonely*, *The Jewellery Maker* and *A Wider View*

Poetry anthology: continued study

Subjects which particular individuals may be sensitive to, eg, adoption, migration, bereavement or death, divorce.

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

A woman who inherits considerable wealth is called an ...

the beauty and value of the natural world.

humanity’s destruction of the natural world.

The first two lines of Nichols’ ‘Like an Heiress’ suggest ...

it suggests a harmony and musicality to nature.

it suggests that nature inspires creativity in the speaker.

‘Small-days’ is a Guyanese folk song. This is significant to the poem 'Like an Heiress' because ...

The speaker stays in a {{ }} in the poem 'Like an Heiress'.

It could reflect the lack of animals and plant life.

It could reflect the isolation of the speaker.

It could reflect the peace of the speaker.

In 'Like an Heiress', the use of “lone” is significant because ...

fears around impact of tourism on local culture.

fears around the disconnection between humanity and nature.

Nichols’ personal context connects to the idea of a ‘tourist’ in 'Like an Heiress' and hints at ...

Words such as “lone” and “undisturbed” suggest ...

Long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns is called ...

Saying that something is ‘like’ something else is a ....

To receive money, property or possessions from someone after the person has died is to {{ }} from them.

Content guidance

Depiction or discussion of sensitive content

Adult supervision recommended

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