a poem written in the form of speech from an individual character.

a humorous use of a word or phrase that has several meanings or that sounds like another word.

a person who was born in a different country to the one they currently live in.

a person who is born in a country to a parent/parents that were not born in that country.

a colloquial term for language that is a mixture of Punjabi and English.

Understanding the poem 'Singh Song'

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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*.

Poetry anthology: continued study

Depiction or discussion of sex or sexual body parts, including sex education.

Depiction or discussion of sexual content

The poem 'Singh Song!' is written by Daljit...

Daljit Nagra was born in the UK but his parents were born in India. As such he is a ...

Introduces the speaker who runs one of his dad's shops.

When no one is around he locks up and goes upstairs to see his wife.

His customers grow frustrated calling it the 'worst' shop in the town.

He hears his wife upstairs, where she runs a dating site.

His wife wears both Western and Punjabi dress and argues with his parents.

At night Singh and his wife visit the shop alone and exchange romantic comments.

Starting with the first, put these events from the poem 'Singh Song!' in chronological order.

The fact that Singh's dad has many shops but Singh only runs 'one'

The fact that Singh's wife often argues with his parents

The fact that Singh's wife wears Western and Punjabi dress

The fact that Singh's wife runs a dating website

Andeep said 'It seems to me that Singh's father doesn't really trust him'. What evidence from 'Singh Song!' could best support this?

Which of the below are reasonable themes of the poem 'Singh Song!'?

'Walking Away' is thought to be semi-autobiographical. Who did Cecil Day-Lewis write the poem for?

Which of these key ideas would you not associate with 'Letters from Yorkshire'?

Barrett Browning wrote 'Sonnet 29' during the Victorian era. This society was known for being...

In 'Eden Rock', the "light" shining through the mother's hair presents her as kind and gentle because it could symbolise that she has...

Which word in the title 'Before You Were Mine' is a possessive pronoun?

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Depiction or discussion of sexual content

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