One way to think of poems is as the stories of a moment. All art, at its root, is a way of telling stories. Even paintings — ...

To introduce students to close reading poetry and using writing to understand reading; to prepare them to write a 4-6 page essay on a single poem Students have read selected poems and the chapter on ...

Responding to poetry - AQA Writing your response to a poem, or making comparisons between two poems, takes careful planning. These tips show you how to analyse exam questions, structure essays and ...

You can use figurative language in your poems to help you do this. You can also write about the five senses (smell, taste, touch, sight and sound) to bring a poem to life for your reader.