Poetry: English HL

The poets on my course in 2016 were:

1. Sylvia Plath
2. Emily Dickinson
3. W.B Yeats
4. Elizabeth Bishop
5. Eilèan Nì Chuilleanàin
6. Paul Durcan
7. T.S Eliot
8. Philip Larkin

*I studied the underlined ones above*

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You will need to know this vocab below throughout the course but especially in the unseen poem question as you can use it to speak about the poem given and show off your knowledge.

This will help you in any essay you write:

When writing the poetry essay try to use some of these key sentences:

• POEM NOTES

Id advise to use different coloured pens when taking notes in your poetry books in class to make it clear which point is for what section of the poem. I didn't do this in 5th year so my notes drove me mad by the end of 6th year when I really needed them. I started to rewrite some of Nì Chuilleanàn's poems but I just didn't have the time to do them all this way.

I spent hours on the typed documents. I went through 5 or more online sample essays at a time and took out key sentences that struck me and that I could learn off for my essays.

*not all poems from each poet is included*

• SYLVIA PLATH:

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• EMILY DICKINSON:

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• W.B YEATS:

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• ELIZABETH BISHOP:

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• EILEAN NI CHUILLEANAIN:

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• PAUL DURCAN:

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