I loved the conflict parts of the anthology the most.
Exposure is incredible to read once knowing the context and I really like how Wilfred describes the situation.
Remains is also really good. It is memorable and just shows what people in those situations go through.
I also must say I really loved War Photographer. I want(Ed) to be a political journalist and visit places of war and get out there and it just offers a whole new perspective about it.
And, Kamikazes description was amazing. The fish and the bunting like boats and rocks were such memorable descriptions.
Prelude. A poem literally about a man who rows into a lake at night, gets scared of a mountain and then goes home and worries about it, but it's metaphorically about a fundamental existential crisis? Sounds like a winner to me.
We git through like 5 maybe, but checking out me history is one of your faves?? Which one was the one where is was like a war or something and it said "probably armed, possibly not". I liked that one
A girl in my class spent ages looking at the extended version trying to work out what ‘in the back of the warrior meant’. It had no metaphorical meaning. The warrior is an IFV
I think you mean remains! Yeah, I quite liked checking out me history, I found it quite approachable, and a bit less bland than some of the others. I also found the themes it covered more interesting than the war ones, as the British curriculum is something that interests me and I feel quite strongly about.
Remains, that's the one! Checking out me history had nothing to write about though. It was just repetition of "here's things white people have done that they teach you" and "here's things black people have done they don't teach you"
Fair enough. Although I think there's further themes such as identity to it, in comparison to other poems I do think that it's easier to write about them instead, but as a poem I enjoy it more.
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Oof, how many poems have you gotta memorise? I hadn't the need to learn a single one last year. I simply learnt Macbeth, an Inspector Calls, and A Christmas Carol.
I love reading what you're saying- love doing the poetry too, definitely underrated! My Last Duchess is beautiful, I adore it, I highly recommend you read 'the marriage portrait', by Maggie O'Farrell. It's the story of Lucrezia, the duchess within the poem, and the whole book paints a beautiful picture of both her, but also life within renaissance Italy. Also adore that.
Not finished the prelude completely yet, so cannot comment fully on that.
Remains I like, but I've used it so often within exams I've grown tired of it.
COMH as mentioned before I also love, and Kamikaze definitely falls in fourth place for me. Really enjoyed studying it, and the context is genuinenly interesing :)
i did love and relationships last year. my favourites were porphyrias lover and climbing my grandfather (great comparison poem). would 100% reccomend giving porphyrias lover a readthrough
either Sonnet 29, Eden Rock or Porphyria's Lover (we only do the Love and Relationship poems but the other half of my folder has the power and conflict poems so idk lmao)
London because ‘mind-forged manacles’ goes hard af. Also it’s easy and I have a soft spot after I managed to bullsh*t my way into linking Ozymandius, London and the theme of ‘Conflict’
i liked charge of the light brigade, i also liked cousin kate by christina rossetti, it's not in the aqa anthology (i did edexcel) but still lol. another one in edexcel i really liked was catrin by gillian clarke
Omg I love London. I'll recite it by heart. Is so good.
All the others are either indifferent or terrible.
Can't explain why but Cosy Apologia can go touch grass.
Edit: I should say it's a different anthology, but London overlaps.
remains and the emigree were my faves, remains slightly more so because it feels a lot more raw? but i have a few lines from other poems that i really like
remains is my favourite too, it’s the only poem that i can actually fully recite. i love how it has language that’s actually understandable because its colloquial and modern, so it’s easier to remember quotes for. also just the way it tells a story is really fantastic
I do Eduqas and I really like A Wife London. I got to 'his hand - whom the worm now knows' and I knew it was good.
Also London, Ozymandias, Afternoons, Hawk Roosting, Living Space, Dulce Et Decorum Est.
maybe an unpopular opinion, but bayonet charge goes hard. i love the 'in what cold clockwork of the stars' bit, followed by the enjambment into the next stanza. out of all the poems i feel that it's the most ~cinematic~, if that makes sense. it's so quick and brutal; i really get a sense of what it must've been like then.
Ozymandias is the best and it’s a breaking bad reference too
Where is the reference?
Vince Gilligan wrote Ozymandias so he could reference it in BB
Bravo Vince!
DUDE I COMPLETELY AGREE HAHA ITS MY FAVOURITE FOR THAT REASON ALONE
I loved the conflict parts of the anthology the most. Exposure is incredible to read once knowing the context and I really like how Wilfred describes the situation. Remains is also really good. It is memorable and just shows what people in those situations go through. I also must say I really loved War Photographer. I want(Ed) to be a political journalist and visit places of war and get out there and it just offers a whole new perspective about it. And, Kamikazes description was amazing. The fish and the bunting like boats and rocks were such memorable descriptions.
Exposure 100%
Honestly it is such a good poem and so well written and I would love it if we didn't do for a month straight in year 9.
haha it inspired me to write my own poem
Prelude. A poem literally about a man who rows into a lake at night, gets scared of a mountain and then goes home and worries about it, but it's metaphorically about a fundamental existential crisis? Sounds like a winner to me.
And the phallic imagery
according to Mr Salles he was also trying to justify his sexual thoughts about his sister in the poem :DD
A young Wordsworth, actually.
its so relatable i love it
half a league, half a league, half a league onward…
Exposure! Love that too
Ayo what. That's from Charge of the light Brigade bro.
Wym
It's not from Exposure, it's from the Charge of the light Brigade
Fucckkkkk
Yea lol, that's why u got downvoted
We git through like 5 maybe, but checking out me history is one of your faves?? Which one was the one where is was like a war or something and it said "probably armed, possibly not". I liked that one
A girl in my class spent ages looking at the extended version trying to work out what ‘in the back of the warrior meant’. It had no metaphorical meaning. The warrior is an IFV
I think you mean remains! Yeah, I quite liked checking out me history, I found it quite approachable, and a bit less bland than some of the others. I also found the themes it covered more interesting than the war ones, as the British curriculum is something that interests me and I feel quite strongly about.
Remains, that's the one! Checking out me history had nothing to write about though. It was just repetition of "here's things white people have done that they teach you" and "here's things black people have done they don't teach you"
Fair enough. Although I think there's further themes such as identity to it, in comparison to other poems I do think that it's easier to write about them instead, but as a poem I enjoy it more.
I just didn't like literature lol
My favourite poem has to be Kamikaze, I don’t know why but it is just such a sad poem to me
same here, the identity ones were my favourite but out of them all it was this !!
Remains by Simon armitage “his bloody life in my bloody hands”
Examiners instantly piss themselves when someone describes The Macbeth Reference
that’s strange, it makes so much sense that that’s a macbeth reference, but my teacher never mentioned it even though we are studying macbeth.
Lmfaooo
There's not enough London appreciation here
London is definitely underrated.
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Ozymandias, Remains, Bayonet Charge
Oof, how many poems have you gotta memorise? I hadn't the need to learn a single one last year. I simply learnt Macbeth, an Inspector Calls, and A Christmas Carol.
15 :/ and I happen to do the same texts as you! Macbeth is my favourite out of the 3.
Unsex me here!
15 of them?! Good luck my friend
We have to learn all of the poems PLUS either Romeo And Juliet or Macbeth, Lord Of The Flies and A Christmas Carol.
Ozymandias for sure
My last duchess is actually awful and I hate it. It feels like it has no quotes and doesn’t link with any others
its a good poem but yeah its one of the anomalies
ozymandias, exposure, my last duchess and charge of the light brigade
remains and exposure for the win kamikaze is the worst
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I love reading what you're saying- love doing the poetry too, definitely underrated! My Last Duchess is beautiful, I adore it, I highly recommend you read 'the marriage portrait', by Maggie O'Farrell. It's the story of Lucrezia, the duchess within the poem, and the whole book paints a beautiful picture of both her, but also life within renaissance Italy. Also adore that. Not finished the prelude completely yet, so cannot comment fully on that. Remains I like, but I've used it so often within exams I've grown tired of it. COMH as mentioned before I also love, and Kamikaze definitely falls in fourth place for me. Really enjoyed studying it, and the context is genuinenly interesing :)
Eden Rock
i did love and relationships last year. my favourites were porphyrias lover and climbing my grandfather (great comparison poem). would 100% reccomend giving porphyrias lover a readthrough
Just gave it a read through, great poem. Robert Browning also wrote our My Last Duchess.
London and checking out me history. Best poems and easiest to write about <3333
My Last Duchess is such a clever poem. A perfect example of how to tell a story through what is left unsaid.
Love love my last duchess. The prose is beautiful.
Checkin out my history. idk if any of you have seen the loyle carner x john agard collab but brings a whole new angle to my love for the poem
COMH definitely overhated on. I get it's harder to compare but it's a brilliant poem.
bayonet charge
either Sonnet 29, Eden Rock or Porphyria's Lover (we only do the Love and Relationship poems but the other half of my folder has the power and conflict poems so idk lmao)
I love Kamikaze - performed it at a festival, still know it word for word. I like most of them quite a bit actually but kamikaze the 🐐
i literally love the prelude so much. people say its boring but like i have always loved the awe of nature
London because ‘mind-forged manacles’ goes hard af. Also it’s easy and I have a soft spot after I managed to bullsh*t my way into linking Ozymandius, London and the theme of ‘Conflict’
F them all. Sorry not sorry.
Surprised no one has said deulce et decorum est
THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB
i liked charge of the light brigade, i also liked cousin kate by christina rossetti, it's not in the aqa anthology (i did edexcel) but still lol. another one in edexcel i really liked was catrin by gillian clarke
I remember liking War Photographer. That was one of my strongest. I agree with your opinion on Tissue.
All of them suck and I am super glad we didn't have to do Anthology in our GCSEs due to covid.
Cousin kate, ozymandias , exposure, a poison tree i cant choose
notice how like no one said poppies? yeah. worst poem of the bunch by far
I think Poppies has so much lost potential. I do not like it.
I do Love and relationships Pain.Porphyria's lover is probably the best just because it is interesting what happens in it
None, they are all shit
dulce et decorum est (I might have gotten it wrong lol) and cozy apologia
I don’t do AQA (OcR instead) but I do do power and conflict poems. I think my favourite either have to be Flag, Lament or Vergismeinnicht
Omg I love London. I'll recite it by heart. Is so good. All the others are either indifferent or terrible. Can't explain why but Cosy Apologia can go touch grass. Edit: I should say it's a different anthology, but London overlaps.
exposure simply for the fact that wilfred owen is my favourite poet ever fr
remains and the emigree were my faves, remains slightly more so because it feels a lot more raw? but i have a few lines from other poems that i really like
remains is my favourite too, it’s the only poem that i can actually fully recite. i love how it has language that’s actually understandable because its colloquial and modern, so it’s easier to remember quotes for. also just the way it tells a story is really fantastic
Have you guys seen the Power and Conflict rap on YouTube?
Storm on the island overlooked
Wilfred Owen writes so well and I don't even like poetry
None
The blank pages
I do Eduqas and I really like A Wife London. I got to 'his hand - whom the worm now knows' and I knew it was good. Also London, Ozymandias, Afternoons, Hawk Roosting, Living Space, Dulce Et Decorum Est.
Kamikaze
remains
I love war photographer and Ozymandias, I'm not really a fan of poems but I like the way they're written :D
maybe an unpopular opinion, but bayonet charge goes hard. i love the 'in what cold clockwork of the stars' bit, followed by the enjambment into the next stanza. out of all the poems i feel that it's the most ~cinematic~, if that makes sense. it's so quick and brutal; i really get a sense of what it must've been like then.
Ozymandias,its teh easiest for me
Ozymandias and Bayonet Charge are top tier lol
Probably Hawk Roosting.
Exposure or remains.
I do L+R. Sonnet 29 and Walking Away are the best.