GCSE English Literature: Comparing Two Romantic Poems about London

Categories: English Literature, GCSE
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About Course

Build poetry comparison skills with two public-domain Romantic poems about the same city: William Wordsworth’s calm sonnet “Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” and William Blake’s angry “London”. Learn to analyse language, form and structure, use context well and write a comparative paragraph.

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What Will You Learn?

  • Read and annotate a poem for meaning, tone and method Analyse language, form and structure with short embedded quotations Use context to support, not replace, analysis Plan and write a comparison paragraph using comparative connectives

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • Wordsworth: London at dawn
  • Blake: a city of suffering
  • Writing a comparison

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