WJEC EDUQAS GCSE Poetry Anthology - A Guide

The Guide has been written primarily for students of GCSE English Literature as specified by WJEC Eduqas in the post-2015 syllabus. It addresses Component 1 – Shakespeare & Poetry, Section B: Poetry from 1789 to the present day.
It also addresses Component 2: B – Unseen Poetry from the 20th/21st Century.
The Guide covers all the poems in the prescribed text: WJEC Eduqas Poetry Anthology
The Guide addresses all the Assessment Objectives for the examination of this component.
The poems are explored individually, but links and connections between them are drawn as appropriate. The format of each exploration is similar:

• An explanation of key features of the poem that require contextual knowledge or illustration and the relationship between the text and its context.
• A summary of the key themes of the poems, with a note on possible thematic links to other poems in the cluster
• A summary of the metric form, rhyme scheme or other structural features, related to the theme
• A “walk-through” (or explication) of the poem, ensuring that what is happening in the poem is understood, how the rhythm and rhyme contribute to meaning, an explanation of the meaning of words which may be unfamiliar, an exploration of imagery and language and a comment on main themes.