Verse 2020 - Leaving Cert English Higher Level Poetry + FREE Portfolio

This edition of Verse contains all eight poets prescribed for examination in 2020 and includes a FREE Poetry Skills Portfolio book. 

• Features a clear, colourful A4 layout. A key image accompanies each poem.
• Timeline for each poet offers relevant biographical detail to give context to their work.
• Pre-reading and comprehending and responding questions for all poems.
• Exploring section after each poem offers immediate, clear analysis in a concise format. Relevant quotation and biographical detail are integrated in the commentary, providing a model for essay answers.
• Creating section contains innovative writing assignments prompted by the poem, which allow practise for Paper 1 through the study of poetry with common formats such as letters and blog posts.
• End-of-chapter theme sections contain handy reference tables showing the main themes within each poem. Major themes are explored in-depth, bringing together an overall analysis of the poet.
• End-of-chapter language and imagery sections offer notes on key literary techniques used by the poet with relevant examples for each.
• Sample essay plans and paragraphs for each poet develop skills in building structured answers that respond accurately to the question asked.
• Unseen Poetry section offers friendly guidance on approaching the unseen question with a variety of fresh poems and songs.
• Glossary of poetic terms gives clear explanations to refer back to when needed.
• Exam Advice sections provide useful information on preparing for and answering on prescribed and unseen poetry.

Poetry Skills Portfolio

Create an invaluable revision guide for exam-time. Build up knowledge of studied poets. Develop writing skills for producing exam-standard essay answers.

The Verse Poetry Skills Portfolio contains: mind maps, word banks, biography tasks, theme, language and imagery note templates, paragraph-writing tasks and dedicated space for writing sample essays.