a cultural movement of the 18th and 19th centuries emphasising emotion, nature, and individualism

a common theme or device used repeatedly in literature or art

a natural liking or connection to something or someone

a traditional or widely accepted way of doing something

a significant change or overthrow of a system, often in politics or society

Exploring Romantic poems in the 'Love and Relationships' anthology

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In 'AQA Love and Relationships 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 Love and Relationships Poetry', pupils compared the language, form and structure of a variety of poems connected by the themes of love and relationships. In 'AQA Love and Relationships Poetry continued', pupils work on making more nuanced comparisons, focusing on the final three poems: *Singh Song*, *The Farmer's Bride* and *Porphyria's Lover*.

In this unit, pupis read and analyse three poems from the 'Love and Relationships' anthology. Pupils complete two lessons about each poem: one on understanding and one on analysis. At the end of the unit, pupils analyse themes from the anthology and analyse the modern and Victorian poems as groups.

Poetry anthology: continued study

Complete the missing word: 'Romantic literature often focused on __________ experience.'

Complete the missing word: 'Romantic literature often emphasised an affinity with __________.'

priority of individualism and self-expression

Which of the below are common tropes of Romanticism?

Which of the below poems from the 'Love and Relationships' anthology can be considered 'Romantic'?

Look at the opening of Byron's 'When We Two Parted': "When we two parted, In silence and tears, Half broken-hearted, To sever for years". What Romantic tropes does this opening contain?

a word that shows the position or location of an object or person

the name of a specific person, place, thing, or entity, typically capitalised

awareness of society's beliefs/attitudes can shape our interpretations

it can help us to understand archaic (old-fashioned) words and phrases

it shows that we know the text really well and makes our analysis more detailed

it isn't important - literary analysis should focus only on the text

Why is it important to consider the wider historical context of a literary text in your analysis?

Match each of these poems from the AQA Love and Relationships anthology to the person who wrote them.

language that uses minimal detail, often conveying information in a concise way

language that describes concepts or ideas rather than tangible objects or events

language aiming to stimulate strong reactions by being deliberately challenging

words or phrases chosen to evoke strong feelings or reactions in the reader

Which of the following are examples of first-person pronouns?

What is being described here: 'A traditional or widely accepted way of doing something.'?

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