1. Choose a poem which deals with a powerful emotion. With reference to appropriate techniques, discuss how the poet’s presentation of this powerful emotion enhances your appreciation of the poem as a whole.
  2. Choose a poem which makes effective use of imagery and/or sound to convey a central concern. With reference to appropriate techniques, discuss how the poet’s effective use of imagery and/or sound contributes to the poems presentation of the central concern.
  3. Choose a poem with a moral or social or political theme. Discuss, with reference to appropriate techniques, how the poet’s presentation of the theme deepens your understanding of the poem as a whole.
  4. Choose a poem in which the poet effectively creates a character or persona. Discuss, with reference to appropriate techniques, how the poet’s effective creation of the character or persona enhances your appreciation of the poem as a whole.
  5. Choose a poem which deals with the theme of loss or death or the end of the relationship. Show how the content and poetic techniques used increase your understanding of the theme.
  6. Choose a poem in which the poet explores one of the following emotions: grief, happiness, love, alienation. Discuss how the poet’s exploration of the emotion deepened your understanding of it.
  7. Choose a poem which features a relationship. Discuss how the poet’s presentation of this relationship adds to your understanding of the central concern(s) of the poem.
  8. Choose a poem which the opening or closing lines are effective in revealing the central concerns of the text. With reference to appropriate techniques, discuss how the poet’s effective use of imagery and/or sound contributes to the poems presentation of the central concern.
  9. Choose a poem in which a person or scene or place is portrayed vividly. Show how the the poet captures the place or scene or person vividly and go on to discuss how the poet exploits the place or scene or person to explore an important theme.
  10. Choose two poems in which explore a similar theme. Discuss which poem you find more effective in deepening your understanding of the theme.
  11. Choose a poem which deals with birth or adolescence or adulthood or any other relevant stage of life. Discuss how the poets exploration of the stage of life has deepened your understanding of it.
  12. Choose a poem in which tone is important in developing theme. Show how the poet creates this tone and discuss the importance in your appreciation of theme in the poem.
  13. Choose a poem which features a character you admire or respect. Show how, through the content and poetic techniques used, the poet creates a character who you admire.
  14. Choose a poem in which form (such as ballad, sonnet, ode…) plays a significant role. Show how the poet uses the distinctive features of the form to enhance your appreciation of the poem.
  15. Choose a poem which takes as its starting point a memorable experience.Discuss how the poet’s presentation of the experience helps you to appreciate its significance.
  16. Choose a poem which encourages you to think differently or to understand something in anew way.Discuss how the poet’s ideas and techniques led you to change your thinking orunderstanding.
  17. Choose a poem in which the poet challenges accepted beliefs or attitudes or conventions.With reference to appropriate techniques, discuss how the poet’s challenge of theseaccepted beliefs or attitudes or conventions enhances your appreciation of the poem as awhole.
  18. Choose a poem which deals with conflict or danger or death.Show how the poet creates an appropriate mood for the subject matter and go on todiscuss how effectively she/he uses this mood to enhance your understanding of thecentral idea of the poem.
  19. Choose two poems which explore human relationships.By referring to both poems, discuss which you consider to be the more convincingportrayal of a relationship.
  20. Choose a poem in which the speaker’s personality is gradually revealed.Show how, through the content and language of the poem, aspects of the charactergradually emerge
  21. Choose a poem in which the poet explores one of the following emotions: anguish,dissatisfaction, regret, loss.Show how the poet explores the emotion and discuss to what extent he or she issuccessful in deepening your understanding of it.
  22. Choose a poem in which contrast is important in developing theme.Explore the poet’s use of contrast and show why it is important in developing a keytheme of the poem.