Unseen Poetry Mat - Billy Collins - Introduction to Poetry
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Tentative LanguageTo tease out the meaning
Introduction to Poetry
I ask them to take a poemand hold it up to the lightlike a colour slide
or press an ear against its hive
I say drop a mouse into a poemand watch him probe his way out,
or walk inside the poem’s roomand feel the walls for a light switch.
I want them to waterskiacross the surface of a poemwaving at the author’s name on the shore.
But all they want to dois tie the poem to a chair with ropeand torture a confession out of it.
They begin beating it with a hoseto find out what it really means.
– Billy Collins
iGCSE Unseen Poetry Desk
Hints at…Suggests…Possibly…Maybe…
Perhaps…May…
Might…Could…
Title ConnotationsConsider literal and
metaphorical interpretations of the poem’s title
3 Evaluation of writer’s uses of language/structure plus effects
on readers
Hitting the Criteria (Band 5/6)
StructureNarrative, layout, stanza, first/last line, inset words, words sticking
out, (ir)regular lines, line lengths, punctuation, refrain, fixed form
Language TechniquesImagery, metaphor, simile, personification, repetition,
emotive, rhetoric, hyperbole, humour, alliteration, assonance,
sibilance
Section A35 marks
45 minutes
Hitting the Criteria (Band 5/6)
1 ‘Explore themes and ideas showing insight.’
A theme is a topic that runs through a piece of writing. For example:
relationships, negative emotions, love, nature, identity.
2 ‘Close analysis of detail to support interpretations.
Choose a word/phrase/feature and explore in depth ‘write a lot about a
little’
A* Example Dynamite Paragraphs
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