Pupil outcome: I can explore how Shelley uses language and structure to convey his key messages about power. Key learning points: - Breaking the sonnet form reflects the way that human power and man-made structures can be disrupted and...

Pupil outcome: I can analyse how Brooke uses language, form and structure to express his patriotism. Key learning points: - Brooke uses personification to portray England as a mother figure, who has nurtured and cared for him his whole...

Pupil outcome: I can explain how Barrett Browning presents her feelings of love. Key learning points: - ‘Sonnet 43’ is one of Barrett Browning’s 44 sonnets that she wrote for her (then) future husband - Robert Browning. - The poem...

"Sonnet 147" presents one of William Shakespeare's sonnets.

Amoretti presents a sonnet by Edmund Spenser, who wrote a variation of the form of the Shakespearean sonnet.

"When I Consider How My Light is Spent" presents a sonnet by the poet John Milton.

Why do poets play with poetic form? How does it help them convey their ideas?

Join us as we delve into a range of poetic forms and stanzaic structures. Find out why some poets stick to traditional poetic structures, while others...