1.

Explore the ways in which Sujata Bhatt memorably conveys differences

2.

between cultures in A Different History.

Explore how Allen Curnow makes the time of day seem vivid in

3.

Continuum.
How do descriptions of the weather contribute to Horses (by Edwin Muir)

4.

and The Woodspurge (by Dante Gabriel Rossetti)?

How does Boey Kim Cheng powerfully convey this attitude to The

5.

Planners in this poem?

Explore the ways in which Norman MacCaig memorably depicts the

6.

relationship between man and nature in Summer Farm.

How does Wordsworth memorably portray his thoughts and feelings about

7.
8.

London for you in Sonnet: Composed Upon Westminster Bridge?

Explore how Wordsworth creates a sense of calm and wonder in this poem.
How does the poet effectively make use of the sonnet form in either The
Cockroach

(by

Kevin

Halligan)

or

Sonnet:

Composed

Upon

9.

Westminster Bridge (by William Wordsworth)?

How does the poet convey the power of nature in either Hunting Snake

10.

(by Judith Wright) or Pike (by Ted Hughes)?

Explore how the poets use images to create vivid effects in Pied Beauty

11.

(by Gerard Manley Hopkins) and A Birthday (by Christina Rossetti).

Explore how language is used in A Birthday to create effects on the

12.

reader.
Explore the ways in which Hopkins vividly conveys the beauty of nature in

13.

Pied Beauty.
How does Elizabeth Brewster strikingly convey the contrasts between city

14.

and country life in Where I Come From?

Choose two poems from this selection from Songs of Ourselves which
contrast natural and man-made things. Explore in detail how the
poems you have chosen make this contrast striking.