Advice to a Teenage Daughter by Isobel Thrilling

Themes = Childhood, Relationships, Memories, Love, Sadness,

Growing p, !amily
Key Points = In this poem Isobel Thrilling is advising her
da"ghter abo"t the dangers o# "nre$"ited love% The poet is
telling "s abo"t her teenage da"ghter&s new game ' love% The
poet tells "s abo"t all the things her da"ghter is "sing in the
hope o# winning this boy&s love% She warns the da"ghter that
she will not be able to (ompete with all the things that boys
love% The yo"ng girl is trying to win the boy over with the help
o# her weapons ' ma)e*"p and bea"ty "tensils%
Symbols + The poet (ompares love to being a war*game% She
(alls her da"ghters bea"ty "tensils ran)s o# lipsti()s and
armies o# little ,ars%
Important Quotes = -o" have #o"nd a new war*game (alled
Love% brave ran)s o# lipsti()s, .ehold the miniat"re armies
o# little ,ars%
The Thickness of Ice by Li/ Lo0ley
Themes + !riendship, Love, Relationships, 1appiness, Sadness,
2n event
Key Points + In this poem we meet a yo"ng (o"ple who begin as
#riends% Their relationship develops thro"gho"t the poem% The
poet des(ribes to the reader what happens thro"gho"t the
(o"rse o# their relationship and the emotions that she #eels%
Symbols + The poet "ses the i(e as a symbol #or the
relationship
Important Quotes + 2t #irst we will meet as #riends%