AQA Power and Conflict Poems
Support for studying English GCSE and A Level
There are 15 AQA Power and Conflict poems which students are required to analyse for the GCSE English Literature poetry exam. AQA states that students should study all 15 poems in their chosen cluster and be prepared to write about any of them in the examination.
The AQA Power and Conflict cluster of poems have been analysed in detail. If you need help analysing the collection of AQA Power and Conflict poems please look at the videos below. Each of the Power and Conflict poems have been concisely annotated to support your analysis and interpretation. The annotation prompts are a supportive tool, intended to encourage further analysis and interpretation. |
Percy Bysshe Shelley - 'Ozymandias' - Annotation |
William Blake - ‘London’ - Annotation
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William Wordsworth - 'Extract from, The Prelude' - Annotation |
Robert Browning - 'My Last Duchess' - Annotation |
Alfred Tennyson - 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' - Annotation |
Wilfred Owen - 'Exposure' - Annotation |
Seamus Heaney - 'Storm on the Island' - Annotation |
Ted Hughes - 'Bayonet Charge' - Annotation |
Simon Armitage - 'Remains' - Annotation |
Jane Weir - 'Poppies' - Annotation
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Carol Ann Duffy - 'War Photographer' - Annotation |
Imtiaz Dharker - 'Tissue' - Annotation
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Carol Rumens - 'The Emigrée' - Annotation |
John Agard - 'Checking Out Me History' - Annotation |
Beatrice Garland - 'Kamikaze' - Annotation |