This course will look at the War and Conflict cluster of poems in the AQA Poetry Anthology for GCSE English Literature. We will be looking at the following poems:

* Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley

* London by William Blake

* The Prelude by William Wordsworth

* My Last Duchess by Robert Browning

* The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Tennyson

• Exposure by Wilfred Owen

• Storm on the Island by Seamus Heaney

• Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes

• Remains by Simon Armitage

• Poppies by Jane Weir

• War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy

• The Emigree by Carol Rumens

• Checking Out Me History by John Agard

• Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland.

Includes an introduction to the course with details on what is expected of you to get top marks. Each lecture will have a reading of the poem, a summary of what is going on, language, form and structure and the relationship between text and context. At the end of each lecture the students have the option of answering further questions and tasks to help them think about the poems in more depth and prepare their answers.

This course is directed for students who are aiming for the top marks. It can also be taken by parents who want to gain a greater understanding of what is expected from their child.