Poetry Revision Hacks

The reader feels…
Feelings and emotions presented

within the poem. positive / angry / melancholy /
proud / forlorn / hopeless /
desperate / sad
The poem’s perspective is…

The perspective from which it is
told. distant / close / optimistic /
pessimistic /male / female / first-
hand
The message of the poem is…

The overall message of the poem.
anti-war / propaganda /
biased / patriotic
Choose five key poems and complete a
‘3 word revision’ sentence for each.
Blake’s melancholy, distant and highly political poem ‘London’ challenges…
Tennyson's proud, public, propaganda 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' highlights....
‘Remains’
‘Exposure’
‘War
Photographer’
‘Ozymandias’
The poem conveys how
the experience is painful,
yet important to the
mother…
The speaker recalls

a
momentary incide
nt
but it has remained
with him for a long
time
afterwards…
Complete a ‘but’ or ‘yet’ sentence for
each of your core poems.
‘Remains’ The speaker uses colloquial language….
‘Exposure’ The poem presents the enemy…
‘War The persona feels disconnected …

Photographer’
‘Ozymandias’ Shelley suggests that Ozymandias wanted his power to…
‘London’ Throughout the poem there is a sense of…

Remember the examiner wants to see a detailed personal interpretation of the
poem from you.
Shows What are we presented with? What are we being made to look at?
Suggests What does this make us think of?
Symbolises What is the deeper meaning or significance of this?
The poem shows us a mother reflecting on a child going to war,

which suggests how much this has had an impact on her. The poem
symbolises the struggle families have in war.
Complete a shows/suggest/symbolises
statement for each of your key poems.
The poem shows us a mother reflecting on a child going to war, which suggests
how much this has had an impact on her. The poem symbolises the struggle
families have in war.
‘Remains’
‘Exposure’
‘War
Photographer’
‘Ozymandias’
‘London’
Use adverbs at the start of sentences Use these adverbs to help explain
for a more sophisticated response. ideas in the poems.
Physically
Literally
Mentally
Figuratively
Emotionally
Symbolically
Spiritually
Metaphorically
Psychologically
Literally, the poem is about a
mother’s loss. Symbolically, the ‘Exposure’ explores how war affects
poem is about how soldiers’ lives are people physically and mentally, but
ignored and taken for granted. ‘Poppies’ focuses on how it affects people
spiritually and psychologically.
Use precise adverbs to help you evaluate the poem.
Adverbs of Affirmation
Unusually
Definitely/surely/certainly/
Typically deliberately/cleverly/frequently/
regularly/
Realistically unquestionably/characteristically
Adverbs of Clarity
Unconventionally
Especially/particularly/notably/
predominantly/markedly/prominently
Unconvincingly
Surprisingly Adverbs of Speculation
Possibly/potentially/seemingly/viably/
Convincingly arguably/conceivably
Think about the literal and symbolic
meaning of each of your core poems.
Literally, the poem is about a mother’s loss. Symbolically, the poem is about
how soldiers’ lives are ignored and taken for granted.
‘Remains’
‘Exposure’
‘War
Photographer’
‘Ozymandias’
‘London’
Think about the verbs you use to describe what the poet is doing:
challenges / reflects / embodies / attacks

The verb you use helps you explain how the poet is presenting his / her message.
The poet attacks the The poet reflects the loss a

leaders of war. parent faces in war.
The poet is angry. The poet is calm.

Write a sentence to explain what the
poet is doing/feeling using a well
chosen verb.
Challenges
The poet reflects the loss a parent faces in war.
Reflects
Embodies
‘Remains’ Attacks
‘Exposure’ Contemplates
Echoes
‘War Provokes
Photographer’ Contests
‘Ozymandias’
‘London’
Use a variety of words to do with POWER and CONFLICT in your analysis.
My Last Duchess highlights male superiority and gender inequality in

society.
Place a well chosen The writer uses violent verbs and physical adjectives to ….
adjective before a technical
term to demonstrate a
clear understanding.
‘Remains’ Select two techniques used in each of your core

poems and choose an adjective to describe how
‘Exposure’ the writer uses the technique.
‘War
Photographer’
‘Ozymandias’
‘London’
Think about using one of these words to The poem is a mental journey.
sum up the structure of the poem:
The poem is an emotional
A journey realisation.
A discovery
A realisation
Sum up the structure in each of your
core poems using one of the key
words.
Then add in some good adjectives!

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The reader feels…

Feelings and emotions presented

The poem’s perspective is…

The message of the poem is…

Blake’s melancholy, distant and highly political poem ‘London’ challenges…

The speaker recalls

‘Remains’ The speaker uses colloquial language….

‘Exposure’ The poem presents the enemy…

‘War The persona feels disconnected …

‘Ozymandias’ Shelley suggests that Ozymandias wanted his power to…

‘London’ Throughout the poem there is a sense of…

Suggests What does this make us think of?

Symbolises What is the deeper meaning or significance of this?

The poem shows us a mother reflecting on a child going to war,

Surprisingly Adverbs of Speculation

challenges / reflects / embodies / attacks

The poet attacks the The poet reflects the loss a

The poet is angry. The poet is calm.

My Last Duchess highlights male superiority and gender inequality in

‘Remains’ Select two techniques used in each of your core

Then add in some good adjectives!

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