Comcast

Today the team are analysing Seamus Heaney’s 1966 poem ‘Death of a Naturalist’, exploring themes of childhood and change in nature and oneself.

In this week’s episode, the team are exploring Wordsworth’s ‘Excerpt from the Prelude’ considering themes of nostalgia, Man’s relationship with nature and of course, the Romantic Era.

In this week’s Comcast, the team are exploring PB Shelley’s 1817 poem of the Romantic Era ‘Ozymandias’, discussing the ephemerality of power, the legacy of man and how time and nature eventually consume any human power but the Arts.

In this week’s instalment of Comcast, the team are examining Emily Dickinson’s 1850 poem ‘As Imperceptibly as Grief’, tackling themes of time, grief, nature and isolation and of course, the all-important context.

Today’s episode of Comcast explores Rita Dove’s presentation of modern married love, treasuring the mundane and quietly content life she leads with her husband, Fred.

In this week’s instalment, the team are tackling Lord Byron’s ‘She Walks in Beauty’, discussing the superficial nature of beauty, Romantic Era poetry and Byron’s own scandalous life.

This week’s episode of Comcast is all about Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s ‘Sonnet 43’. We will cover the all-important context in detail, drawing links between Browning’s life with her husband and the language and structure in the poem.

In this week’s episode, the team will be analysing Carol Ann Duffy’s atypical and unconventional approach to love and the concept of the ‘Valentine’. Considering extended metaphors, tone and structure and giving valuable exam techniques, this week’s episode should be a useful instalment for any of you deep in the land of revision!

In this week’s instalment, Mrs Mustafa, Ms Ahmed & Mr Racher are examining Hardy’s ‘A Wife in London’, while discussing themes of loneliness, isolation, the effects of war and of course, the all-important context.

In this week’s instalment of Comcast, we examined the idealism and naiveté in Rupert Brooke’s ‘The Soldier’, considering themes of religion, WW1 and patriotism.