AQA Conflict poetry: a poem a day for year 11

Year 11, please use this blog to find out more about the 'conflict' poems from the anthology and to ask any questions you have about them. The more you contribute, the better it gets!

Wednesday, 23 May 2012

Good luck tomorrow!

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Good to see so many people doing last-minute revision (400 hits--can't all be Cherwell, surely?); just ask if you have any queries or pr...

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Thursday, 19 April 2012

At the Border, 1979

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This poem describes a situation which has resulted from conflct--but also describes the conflict of feelings that the situation produces. H...

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Tuesday, 17 April 2012

'Poppies' by Jane Weir

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This poem discusses the effects of war upon those who are left behind, and as such is an interesting comparison to 'The Falling Leaves...

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Saturday, 14 April 2012

Extract from 'Out of the Blue'

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This poem comes, as its title suggests, from the much longer poem 'Out of the Blue' which Simon Armitage wrote to commemmorate the f...

Thursday, 12 April 2012

Belfast Confetti

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This poem explores a conflict which, unlike 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' or 'The Yellow Palm' took place actually in ...

Tuesday, 10 April 2012

The Yellow Palm

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'The Yellow Palm' ( click here to hear the author reading it ) is a poem born out of the author's real experiences in Baghd...

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Monday, 9 April 2012

'Come On, Come Back' by Stevie Smith

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This poem is subtitled 'incident in a future war', and briefly describes the fate of a young female soldier in that war. Alon...

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