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There are numerous ways to approach poetry. I would advise a student to start by chronologically making their way through, stanza by stanza, analysing language, imagery, metaphor. I would suggest that the...

First of all, you need to recognise what the key themes are of the poems in isolation. For example, take the first poem and see if you can recognise any recurring imagery, like the image of a moon in the ...

I would suggest learning the PEEL structure. PEEL stands for Point, Evidence, Explain, Link. When answering a question in an exam or in coursework, write the word PEEL on your planning page, and then stru...

A plosive consonant is an abrupt sound made by closing the mouth then releasing a burst of breath. The plosive consonants in English are B, P, T and D. Their effect, especially when used repeatedly is to ...

The speaker evidently feels that her daughter is growing up very fast and uncontrollably, through the lack of punctuation, caesura, and the almost continue use of enjambment throughout the poem. This lack...