Revision tasks for AQA Power and conflict poems

A series of revision tasks to help AQA GCSE English Literature students revise key poems from the Power and conflict cluster, independently for homework or in pairs/groups in class. 

This helpful revision resource enables students to reinforce their recall of AQA Power and conflict poetry by poets such as Wilfred Owen, Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Armitage and Carol Rumens.

Exploring key conflict poems from the Power and conflict cluster, such as ‘The Emigree’, ‘Ozymandias’, ‘Kamikaze’ and ‘Storm on the Island’, this resource supports students in their evaluation of key themes, including the power of nature, and to focus on how poets represent a sense of their own identity in situations arising from both power and conflict.

Students can use this revision resource as a foundation for further poetry analysis of style, form and structure, perhaps focusing on rhyme scheme or linguistic techniques such as the effects of metaphor, simile or caesura use.

Once completed, this worksheet can be kept and consulted as an additional revision guide to help students bolster their knowledge and understanding of the AQA GCSE English Literature Power and conflict cluster of poems.

The resource can also support students in evolving their discussion around all poets from the cluster, including William Wordsworth, Robert Browning and Ted Hughes to enable them to focus in on details from the key poems, such as ‘War Photographer’, ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ and the Extract from ‘The Prelude’.

If you would like some additional resources on AQA GCSE English Literature Power and conflict poetry, search the GCSE English Literature poetry section.