Lines Written in Early Spring - teaching resource

Lines Written in Early Spring – William Wordsworth 

(41-slide PowerPoint and 3 worksheets)

Exam board: AQA GCSE English Literature – Worlds and Lives Poetry Anthology

Help your students explore William Wordsworth’s Lines Written in Early Spring with this fully editable, two-lesson teaching resource. Designed to meet AQA GCSE English Literature assessment objectives, this engaging unit guides learners through the poem’s context, language, structure and themes, with step-by-step analysis and model exam responses.

Lesson One introduces Wordsworth, Romanticism, and the historical background of the poem. Students develop comprehension through guided reading, contextual study and introductory analysis tasks that explain how the poet contrasts nature’s harmony with human corruption.

Lesson Two focuses on imagery, form and structure and themes with detailed stanza-by-stanza exploration, scaffolded essay practice, and opportunities for independent interpretation. key themes covered include the natural world, human disconnection, reflection and spirituality.

A final section supports GCSE comparison skills, helping students link Wordsworth’s poem to others in the anthology, using Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee as an example.

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