KS4 Reading - Poetry
Browse our KS4 poetry materials for all the main syllabuses and exam boards. Dozens of AQA, Edexcel, WJEC, GCSE and IGCSE poetry teaching resources can all be found here.
117 teaching resources
04 01 07
English Teaching Resources: 04/01/07 (Ian McMillan) is an English/English Literature teaching resource made up of a 33 slide PowerPoint with 8 accompanying worksheets. Resources cover...
1st Date - She and 1st Date - He
9-1 GCSE English Teaching Resources – 1st Date - She and 1st Date - He 9-1 GCSE > C20th English Literature > Poetry 1st Date...
A Child to his Sick Grandfather
Edexcel KS4 9-1 GCSE English Teaching Resources: A Child to his Sick Grandfather by Joanna Baillie A Child to his Sick Grandfather is a...
A Complaint by William Wordsworth
A Complaint by William Wordsworth Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Literature Teaching Resources: A Complaint is a 39 slide PowerPoint presentation with 2 worksheets. ‘A...
A Difficult Birth Easter
A Powerpoint analysis of the poem A Difficult Birth by Gillian Clarke. This 35 slide PowerPoint includes teaching notes, a brief biography of the poet...
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A Frosty Night (Graves)
A Frosty Night by Robert Graves is a detailed teaching resource which consists of a 39 slide PowerPoint presentation and a booklet of 10 worksheets....
A Refusal to Mourn
KS4/GCSE English Teaching Resources: A Refusal to Mourn the Death, by Fire, of a Child in London (Dylan Thomas) PowerPoint & Worksheets. A Refusal to Mourn the...
AQA 9-1 Poetry Anthology Power and Conflict Pack
This bundle contains 15 resources to help you teach the AQA 9-1 GCSE Power and Conflict poetry cluster. The poems covered are: Ozymandias, London, Extract...
AQA GCSE English Anthology - Love and Relationships Poetry
English Teaching Resources AQA 9-1 GCSE Poetry English Anthology – Poems Past and Present - Love and Relationships 410 slide PowerPoint with 70 worksheetsThis comprehensive...
AQA GCSE Unseen Poetry
AQA 9-1 GCSE Unseen Poetry is ideal for teaching approaches to the unseen poetry question on the AQA 9-1 GCSE English Literature exam. English Teaching...
At the border, 1979
KS4/GCSE English Teaching Resources: At the border, 1979 (Choman Hardi). At the border, 1979 (Choman Hardi) is an English/English Literature teaching resource consisting of a 41...
Bayonet Charge
English Teaching Resources GCSE > Poetry Bayonet Charge (Ted Hughes) teaching resource 76 slide PowerPoint 4 worksheets Bayonet Charge includes a variety of lessons...
Before You Were Mine by Carol Ann Duffy
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Before You Were Mine by Carol Ann Duffy is a GCSE English teaching resource which contains a wide-ranging 26 slide...
Belfast Confetti
English Teaching Resources KS4 > GCSE > Poetry Belfast Confetti (Ciaran Carson) teaching resource 46 slide PowerPoint 5 worksheets This teaching resource is made...
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Born Yesterday (Larkin) Phillip PPT
English Teaching Resources: Born Yesterday (Phillip Larkin) - Poems from the Literary Heritage : Relationships. A 32 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem Born Yesterday...
Brothers - Andrew Forster
English Teaching Resources KS4 > GCSE > POETRY Brothers teaching resource 33 slide fully editable PowerPoint presentation 8 worksheets Brothers is a 33 slide PowerPoint...
Checking Out Me History
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Checking Out Me History by John Agard is a 33 slide PowerPoint presentation with 3 worksheets. This resource has been...
Climbing My Grandfather
Climbing My Grandfather by Andrew Waterhouse GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Climbing My Grandfather by Andrew Waterhouse is a 17 slide PowerPoint presentation with 3...
Cold Knap Lake
English Teaching Resources: Cold Knap Lake (Gillian Clarke) is a 22 slide PowerPoint unit plan with step by step lessons designed to teach Cold Knap...
Comparing Poems - Dulce et Decorum Est and The Charge of the Light Brigade
War Poetry Teaching Resources: Dulce et Decorum est (Wilfred Owen). Comparing Poems: Dulce Et Decorum Est and The Charge of the Light Brigade is a...
Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti
English Teaching Resources – Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti KS4/GCSE > Poetry Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti teaching resource 42 slide fully editable PowerPoint...
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Death of a Naturalist - GCSE (9-1)
English Teaching Resources – Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney GCSE > 9-1 > Poetry Death of a Naturalist by Seamus Heaney teaching resource...
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Drummer Hodge (Hardy)
Conflict/War Poetry Teaching Resources: Drummer Hodge (Thomas Hardy)Drummer Hodge (Thomas Hardy) is an English/English Literature teaching resource consisting of a 41 slide PowerPoint and 9...
Dulce Et Decorum Est
Dulce Et Decorum Est (Wilfred Owen) teaching resources Our Dulce Et Decorum Est teaching resource consists of a 53 slide PowerPoint and 9 pages of worksheets. ...
Eden Rock by Charles Causley
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Eden Rock by Charles Causley is a KS4 / GCSE English poetry teaching resource which comprises a wide-ranging 24 slide...
Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Unseen Poetry
Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Unseen Poetry teaching resources This Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Unseen Poetry resource is perfect for preparing students for the unseen poetry question on...
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Even Tho (Grace Nichols)
GCSE English Teaching Resources – Even Tho C20th Literature > Poetry Even Tho by Grace Nichols teaching resource 36 slide editable PowerPoint presentation 5...
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Exposure (Wilfred Owen)
Exposure by Wilfred Owen teaching resource Poetry > C20th Literature > War Poetry English teaching resources: Exposure by Wilfred Owen 42 slide fully editable PowerPoint...
Extract from The Prelude - Stealing a Boat
Extract from The Prelude: Stealing a Boat by William Wordsworth teaching resource AQA > KS4 > 9-1 GCSE > C19th Literature > Poetry English teaching...
Follower by Seamus Heaney
Follower by Seamus Heaney is a KS4 GCSE English teaching resource which contains a 20 slide PowerPoint and 3 pdf worksheets. GCSE English (9-1) Teaching...
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Futility (Wilfred Owen)
Futility (Wilfred Owen) is an English/English Literature teaching resource made up of a 47 slide PowerPoint and 16 pages of worksheets. Resources cover a range...
Ghazal Mimi Khalvati
English Teaching Resources: Ghazal by Mimi Khalvati is a 33 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem Ghazal by Mimi Khalvati and an accompanying 8 page...
Gillian Clarke Poetry Pack
Gillian Clarke poetry resources. Includes: Catrin, A Difficult Birth, The Field Mouse and Cold Knap Lake. Catrin A Powerpoint analysis of the poem Catrin by Gillian...
Half Caste
English Teaching Resources – Half Caste by John Agard KS4 > GCSE > Poetry Half Caste by John Agard teaching resource 27 slide fully...
Harmonium Simon Armitage
English Teaching Resources: Harmonium (Simon Armitage) is a 37 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem Harmonium by Simon Armitage and an accompanying worksheet booklet. A...
Hawk Roosting Ted Hughes
English Teaching Resources: Hawk Roosting (Ted Hughes). PowerPoint and worksheets. English Teaching Resources: Hawk Roosting (Ted Hughes) is a 65 slide fully editable...
Holy Sonnet 17
KS4 Poetry Teaching Resources: Holy Sonnet 17 (John Donne). A 37 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem Holy Sonnet 17 ('Since she whom I...
Hour Carol Ann Duffy
English Teaching Resources: Hour (Carol Ann Duffy) is a 40 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem Hour by Carol Ann Duffy and an accompanying 10...
Hurricane Hits England
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Hurricane Hits England (Grace Nichols) is an outstanding resource for teaching the poem Hurricane Hits England by Grace Nichols. GCSE...
I wanna be yours
I wanna be yours by John Cooper Clarke – PowerPoint and worksheets KS4 9-1 GCSE English Teaching Resources Reading > GCSE > Poetry...
In Paris with You
English Teaching Resources: In Paris with You (James Fenton) GCSE English: Contemporary Poetry: Relationships. A 36 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem In Paris with...
Island Man
English Teaching Resources: Island Man (Grace Nichols) is an excellent resource for teaching the poem Island Man by Grace Nichols. Our Island Man resource fully...
Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Kamikaze by Beatrice Garland is a 34 slide PowerPoint presentation with 4 accompanying worksheets. This resource has been produced for...
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Kissing (Fleur Adcock)
English Teaching Resources: Kissing (Fleur Adcock) is an English/English Literature teaching resource made up of a 33 slide PowerPoint and 7 pages of worksheets. Resources...
La Belle Dame sans Merci
La Belle Dame sans Merci by John Keats Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Literature Teaching Resources: La Belle Dame sans Merci is a 40 slide...
Letters from Yorkshire by Maura Dooley
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Letters from Yorkshire by Maura Dooley Letters from Yorkshire by Maura Dooley is a KS4 GCSE English teaching resource which...
Limbo
English Teaching Resources: Poems from Different Cultures - Limbo (Edward Kamau Brathwaite). 34 slide PowerPoint slideshow. This Limbo resource fully utilises PowerPoint as an effective teaching...
Lines to my Grandfathers
KS4 GCSE English Teaching Resources: Relationships Poetry - Lines to my Grandfathers (Tony Harrison). Lines to my Grandfathers (Tony Harrison) is an English/English Literature teaching...
London by William Blake
GCSE (9-1) English Teaching Resources - London by William Blake is a 51 slide PowerPoint resource with step by step lessons designed to help you...
Love's Dog
Love’s Dog by Jen Hadfield Edexcel GCSE (9-1) English Literature Teaching Resources: Love’s Dog is a 40 slide PowerPoint presentation with 4 worksheets. Love’s...
Love's Philosophy
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Love's Philosophy by Percy Shelley is a GCSE poetry teaching resource which includes an engaging 26 slide PowerPoint presentation and...
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MCMXIV (Philip Larkin)
English Teaching Resources: Conflict/War Poetry MCMXIV (Philip Larkin). MCMXIV (Philip Larkin) is an English/English Literature teaching resource consisting of a 39 slide PowerPoint and...
Mother, Any Distance
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Mother, Any Distance by Simon Armitage is a GCSE English poetry teaching resource which contains a comprehensive 28 slide PowerPoint...
My Father Would Not Show Us
KS4 English Teaching Resources – My Father Would Not Show Us by Ingrid de Kok 9-1 GCSE > C20th English Literature > Poetry My...
My Last Duchess
My Last Duchess (Robert Browning) teaching resources. A PowerPoint analysis of the poem My Last Duchess by Robert Browning and an accompanying worksheet booklet. A...
Nettles
English Teaching Resources: Nettles (Vernon Scannell) This resource can be used with either the GCSE English (A-G) or (9-1) qualification. A 38 slide PowerPoint analysis...
Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Neutral Tones by Thomas Hardy is a KS4 / GCSE English poetry teaching resource which includes a detailed 31 slide...
Night of the Scorpion
English Teaching Resources: Poems from Different Cultures - Night of the Scorpion (Nissim Ezekiel). Our Night of the Scorpion resource fully utilises PowerPoint as...
Not My Business
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Not My Business A 32 slide Powerpoint resource for teaching Not my Business by Niyi Osundare. This excellent resource...
Nothing's Changed
Edexcel GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Nothing’s Changed (Tatamkhulu Afrika). Edexcel GCSE English Teaching Resources: Nothing’s Changed (Tatamkhulu Afrika) includes a wide range of activities...
On My First Sonne
English Teaching Resources: On My First Sonne (Ben Jonson) A 25 slide Powerpoint presentation for teaching On my first Sonne by Ben Jonson (KS4...
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One Flesh (Jennings)
KS4/GCSE English Teaching Resources: Relationships Poetry - One Flesh (Elizabeth Jennings) English Teaching Resources: Relationships Poetry - One Flesh (Elizabeth Jennings) is an English teaching resource...
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Our Love Now (Lowery)
English Teaching Resources: Relationships Poetry:Our Love Now (Martyn Lowery). Our Love Now (Martyn Lowery) is made up of a 30 slide PowerPoint and 5...
Ozymandias
Ozymandias by Percy Shelley GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley is a 35 slide PowerPoint presentation with 5 supplementary worksheets. This...
Patrolling Barnegat
English Teaching Resources: Patrolling Barnegat (Walt Whitman). A 25 slide Powerpoint presentation for teaching Patrolling Barnegat by Walt Whitman. (GCSE KS4 Poetry). Powerpoint includes a...
Pity me not because the light of day
KS4/GCSE English Teaching Resources: Relationships Poetry - Pity me not because the light of day (Edna St. Vincent Millay). English Teaching Resources: Pity me not because...
Point, Evidence, Explain
English Teaching Resources – Point, Evidence, Explain KS3 Reading - Understanding Texts Critically Point, Evidence, Explain teaching resource 5 slide editable PowerPoint presentation Point, Evidence,...
Poppies by Jane Weir
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Poppies by Jane Weir is a 33 slide PowerPoint presentation with 4 accompanying worksheets. This resource has been produced for...
Porphyria's Lover
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning is a KS4 / GCSE English poetry teaching resource which includes a comprehensive 36 slide...
Praise Song for My Mother
GCSE Contemporary Poetry : Relationships - Praise Song for My Mother A Powerpoint analysis of the poem Praise Song for My Mother by Grace Nichols (GCSE...
Pre 1914 Poetry Pack
Pre 1914 Poetry Powerpoints: On my first Sonne, Sonnet, Patrolling Barnegat & The Affliction of Margaret.
Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan by Moniza Alvi. This excellent resource explores: the context of the poem, themes of...
Remains by Simon Armitage
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Remains by Simon Armitage is a 34 slide PowerPoint presentation with 4 worksheets. This resource has been produced for the...
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Rubbish at Adultery (Hannah)
English Teaching Resources: Rubbish at Adultery (Sophie Hannah) is an English/English Literature teaching resource consisting of a 34 slide PowerPoint and 9 pages of worksheets. ...
Search for My Tongue
A 20 slide Powerpoint resource for teaching Search For My Tongue by Sujata Bhatt (Poems from Different Cultures). This excellent resource explores: the context of...
She Walks in Beauty
She Walks in Beauty by Lord Byron – PowerPoint and worksheets KS4 9-1 GCSE English Teaching Resources Reading > Poetry She Walks in...
Singh Song! by Daljit Nagra
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Singh Song! by Daljit Nagra. Singh Song! by Daljit Nagra is a 23 slide AQA GCSE English teaching resource PowerPoint...
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Sister Maude (Rossetti) Christina PPT
English Teaching Resources: Sister Maude (Christina Georgina Rossetti) - Relationships: Poems from the Literary Heritage A 37 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem Sister Maude...
Song for Last Year's Wife
KS4 GCSE English Teaching Resources: Relationships Poetry - Song for Last Year's Wife (Brian Patten). English Teaching Resources: Song for Last Year's Wife (Brian Patten)...
Sonnet
English Teaching Resources: Sonnet (John Clare) A 25 slide Powerpoint presentation for teaching Sonnet by John Clare (KS4 / GCSE Pre1914 Poetry). Powerpoint includes a...
Sonnet 116
English GCSE Teaching Resources: Sonnet 116 (William Shakespeare) is a 41 slide PowerPoint resource with step by step lessons designed to teach Shakespeare's Sonnet 116...
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Sonnet 18 (Shakespeare)
Poetry Teaching Resources PPT: Sonnet 18 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?' (William Shakespeare) is a 41 slide PowerPoint resource with step by...
Sonnet 29 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Sonnet 29 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning is a KS4 / GCSE English poetry teaching resource which contains a comprehensive 28...
Sonnet 43 Elizabeth Barrett Browning
GCSE (9-1) English Teaching Resources: Sonnet 43 'How do I love thee' (Elizabeth Barrett Browning) A Powerpoint analysis of the poem Sonnet 43 'How do...
Storm on the Island
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Storm on the Island by Seamus Heaney is a comprehensive teaching resource which consists of a 52 slide PowerPoint presentation...
The Affliction of Margaret
English Teaching Resources: The Affliction of Margaret (William Wordsworth) A 32 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem The Affliction of Margaret by William Wordsworth (GCSE...
The Charge of the Light Brigade
This Charge of the Light Brigade (Alfred Lord Tennyson) teaching resource is a 'GCSE English (9-1) ready' PowerPoint analysis of the poem The Charge of...
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The Conscript (Gibson)
KS4 English Teaching Resources: Conflict/War Poetry The Conscript (Wilfrid Gibson) The Conscript (Wilfrid Gibson) is an English/English Literature teaching resource consisting of a 43 slide...
The Emigree
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: The Emigree by Carol Rumens is a 31 slide PowerPoint presentation with 4 accompanying worksheets. This resource has been...
The Farmer's Bride
English Teaching Resources: The Farmer's Bride (Charlotte Mew) Poems from the Literary Heritage : Relationships. A 44 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem The Farmer's...
The Field Mouse
English Teaching Resources: The Field Mouse (Gillian Clarke). A Powerpoint analysis of the poem The Field Mouse by Gillian Clarke (GCSE AQA Anthology Poetry). Powerpoint...
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The Flea (Donne)
Poetry Teaching Resources: The Flea (John Donne) A 37 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem The Flea by John Donne - KS4/GCSE English Literature poetry...
The Habit of Light
KS4 GCSE English Teaching Resources: Relationships Poetry - The Habit of Light (Gillian Clarke). English Teaching Resources: The Habit of Light (Gillian Clarke) is an English/English...
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The Hero (Sassoon)
War Poetry & Conflict Teaching Resources: The Hero (Siegfried Sassoon). The Hero (Siegfried Sassoon) is an English/English Literature teaching resource consisting of a 46 slide PowerPoint...
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The Man He Killed (Hardy)
Conflict/War Poetry Teaching Resources: The Man He Killed (Thomas Hardy). The Man He Killed (Thomas Hardy) is an English/English Literature teaching resource consisting of a 39...
The Manhunt
English Teaching Resources: The Manhunt (Simon Armitage) A PowerPoint analysis of the poem The Manhunt by Simon Armitage and an accompanying worksheet booklet. A PowerPoint...
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Poetry Teaching Resources: The Passionate Shepherd to His Love (Christopher Marlowe). A 37 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem The Passionate Shepherd to His...
The Send-Off Wilfred Owen
War Poetry Teaching Resources: The Send-Off (Wilfred Owen). The Send-Off (Wilfred Owen) is an English/English Literature teaching resource consisting of a 41 slide PowerPoint and...
The Soldier Rupert Brooke
Conflict/War Poetry Teaching Resources: The Soldier (Rupert Brooke). The Soldier (Rupert Brooke) is an English/English Literature teaching resource with a 38 slide PowerPoint and 8 pages...
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The Sun Rising (John Donne)
Poetry Teaching Resources: The Sun Rising (John Donne) is a 40 slide PowerPoint resource with step by step lessons designed to teach Donne's poem at...
Tissue by Imtiaz Dharker
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Tissue by Imtiaz Dharker is a 32 slide PowerPoint presentation with 3 worksheets. This resource has been produced for...
To His Coy Mistress Andrew Marvell
English Teaching Resources: To His Coy Mistress (Andrew Marvell) A 37 slide Powerpoint analysis of the poem To His Coy Mistress (Andrew Marvell) and an...
Two Scavengers in a Truck
English Teaching Resources: Poems from Different Cultures – Two Scavengers in a Truck, Two beautiful people in a Mercedes (Lawrence Ferlinghetti). Lessons consist of a...
Valentine Carol Ann Duffy
English Teaching Resources: Valentine (Carol Ann Duffy) This resource can be used with either the GCSE English (A-G) or (9-1) qualification. Valentine is a 35...
Walking Away by C Day-Lewis
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Walking Away by C Day-Lewis is a KS4 GCSE English teaching resource which includes a 21 slide PowerPoint and 3...
War Photographer
This War Photographer teaching resource is made up of an editable 32 slide PowerPoint presentation and 4 worksheets. The teaching resource has been made with...
War Poetry Bundle
This war poetry bundle contains 19 resources which explore a range of war poems from World War One to the present day. The poems covered...
War Poetry Resources Pack
English Teaching Resources: Conflict and War Poetry Pack. This outstanding resource covers 12 well known and widely taught war poems. The poems cover a range of...
What were they like
A Powerpoint presentation for teachers of Denise Levertov's What Were They Like? (Texts from Different Cultures). Includes a biography of Denise Levertov, social & historical...
When We Two Parted
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: When We Two Parted by Lord Byron is a GCSE poetry teaching resource which includes a detailed 50 slide PowerPoint...
Winter Swans by Owen Sheers
GCSE English (9-1) Teaching Resources: Winter Swans by Owen Sheers Winter Swans by Owen Sheers is a KS4 GCSE English teaching resource which contains an...
WJEC Comparing Unseen Poetry
GCSE WJEC Comparing Unseen Poetry (PowerPoint and worksheets). This unit of work is designed to help pupils with the Unseen Poetry section of the WJEC GCSE English...
WJEC GCSE Love Poetry
English Teaching Resources: WJEC GCSE English & English Literature - WJEC Poetry Collection (Love Poems). This outstanding resource covers all nine poems from the WJEC...
