A METHODICAL APPROACH TO TEACHING POETRY

TITLE OF POEM/PROSE FIRST LOVE by John Clare

WORK
ABOUT THE POET
(Origins, career as poet/ writer/
his/her style in writing-150-200
words. This is just to familiarise
the students to the poet/writer
though we do not need to use
biographical details in any IGCSE
responses)
GLOSSARY
 bloomed:
(meanings of all the difficult 
words in the poem-contextual
meaning but not dictionary 
meaning) 


SETTING/ATMOSPHERE
IN THE POEM

(50 Words)
THEMES IN THE POEM  LOVE
or PROSE WORK 



MOOD OF THE POEM  Pleasant

(5-10 words that describe the 
mood) 

TONE OF THE POET OR  Hopeful

SPEAKER OR PERSONA 

(5 words that describe the tone)

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POETIC/WRITER’S  Metaphor:
TECHNIQUES 
(used by the poet/need to explain 
the effect of the literary device in
the poem in 40-50 words for each 
one) 
ANALYSIS OR CRITICAL
APPRECIATION OF THE
POEM
(in your own words 800-1000
words)

Two questions Example question 1: How does the poet vividly convey __________________________________?
(Possible questions for practice,
which can be asked on the Example question 2: Explore how poet/writer ___________________________________________
poem/prose work)

Example question 3: What impressions ________________________________________________

Example question 4: How far do you __________________________________________________?

 If every student can complete this for each of the poem she/he is studying, they will be confident of the topic. This helps as revision
notes as well before examinations.
 The entire template given above should be completed in your (student) own words.
 Should not copy from websites or blogs.
 You can read material on websites to study the poem and do this task with your own analysis.
 Plagiarism should be avoided.
 Any clarifications can be emailed to asciefl@gmail.com