What you will learn

Uncover the power of poetry through a thorough analysis of this incredible collection of some of our most potent and thought-provoking poems

  • Understand each poem fully

  • Analyse the language in detail for every poem

  • Understand the each writer's purpose and ideas

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Power and Conflict Poetry

    • Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley

    • London - William Blake

    • The Prelude: Stealing the Boat - William Wordsworth

    • My Last Duchess - Robert Browning

    • The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred Lord Tennyson

    • Exposure - Wilfred Owen

    • Storm on the Island - Seamus Heaney

    • Bayonet Charge - Ted Hughes

    • Remains - Simon Armitage

    • Poppies - Jane Weir

    • War Photographer - Caro Ann Duffy

    • Tissue - Imtiaz Dharker

    • The Emigree - Carol Rumens

    • Kamikaze - Beatrice Garland

    • Checking Out Me History - John Agard

Tutor

English tutor and co-founder

David Martin

David Martin (BA, MA, PGCE) has taught English for four years in secondary schools, and has been a private tutor for 2 years. He currently provides one-to-one tuition with GCSE, KS3 and home-educated children.