Songs of Ourselves, Volume 1 – Anthology

Overview

This illustrated poetry anthology for the Songs of Ourselves, Volume 1 collection is designed to help learners studying CIE IGCSE Literature in English (0475) access the full range of poems in one place.

The poems:

With ample space for notes and annotations, this anthology is a useful lesson resource to accompany the teaching of the following poems:

William Shakespeare – Sonnet 18
Aphra Behn – Song: Love Armed
Katherine Philips – A Married State
William Blake – The Chimney-Sweeper
Alexander Pope – from An Essay on Man
Carol Rumens – Carpet-weavers, Morocco
Charles Mungoshi – Before the Sun
Liz Lochhead – Storyteller
Gillian Clarke – Lament
Boey Kim Cheng – Report to Wordsworth
Sujata Bhatt – A Different History
Judith Wright – Hunting Snake
Kevin Halligan – The Cockroach
Elizabeth Brewster – Where I Come From
Seamus Heaney – Follower

Inside this resource, you will find:

All 15 poems collected in a printable booklet
Poems grouped by themes, enabling students to see how common ideas and concepts are addressed in different texts
Brief contextual information summarising when the poem was written and its central premise
A glossary of key terms for each poem, alongside helpful images to illustrate some of the ideas

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Songs of Ourselves IGCSE Poetry Anthology

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