General Guides
Englishbiz poetry guide: excellent advice on how to analyse and write about poetry at GCSE level, with guides available to download for free. USE THIS!
UniversalTeacher guide: an excellent guide to all poetry sections from the AQA GCSE Anthology
BBC Bitesize: pitched at a lower level than the above, but useful as it deals specifically with most of the different cultures poems.
approachestopoetry-inset – this is aimed at teachers, but has some really good advice on issues such as what to include in answers and how to structure them
Different Cultures
Different Cultures Essay Planning : a step-by-step guide.
comparing-poems-cluster2 – an AQA authorised study guide (scanned file so fairly big, I’m afraid)
cultures essay planning – a presentation on how to plan your answer
Literature Poems (Clarke/Heaney/Pre-1914)
Exemplar Essays
aqa-lit-poetry-exemplars-commentaries – official AQA exemplars with examiners’ commentaries
