The literature poetry is worth no less than 40% of your FINAL GCSE grade in Literature. In the examination, you have ONE hour to write ONE essay, so you need to know the poems really well.

Click on a link below for help and advice with your learning and revision

• Bitesize test on Patrolling Barnegat, pre-1914 poem
• Bitesize test on Sonnet by John Clare
• Essential notes on Gillian Clarke poems - learn them!
• Essential notes on Seamus Heaney - learn them!
• Essential notes on the pre-1914 poems - learn them!
• A list of the key poems is on my Parents' Page
• Mr Curr's Revision Grid for Clarke and Heaney poems
• New revision grid on the Literature Poetry - pre-1914
• Board's model essays. You need Acrobat to download this; remember to read the examiner's commentaries, too.

Remember, the Heaney, Clarke and pre-1914 exam essay carries a staggering 40% of the total mark; you only have one hour in an examination to achieve this