Additional information
| Subject | English |
|---|---|
| School | Post Primary |
| Exam | Leaving Certificate |
| Level | Higher Level |
| Product Type | Textbooks |
Verse 2025 – Leaving Cert English Higher Level Poetry + FREE Portfolio
€16.00
- A full, annotated sample essay and sample essay questions for new prescribed 25 poet T. S. Eliot.
- All past questions for each poet and sample questions for newly prescribed poet Tracy K. Smith, are included.
- Contains all eight poets prescribed for examination in 2025.
- Latest and final versions of prescribed poet Derek Mahon’s poems, as they appear in The Poems (2021).
- Features a clear, colourful A4 layout. A key image accompanies each poem.
- Timeline for each poet offers relevant biographical detail to give context to their work.
- Pre-reading and comprehending and responding questions for all poems.
- Exploring sections after each poem offer immediate, clear analysis in a concise format. Relevant quotations and biographical details are integrated in the commentary, providing a model for essay answers.
- Creating questions contain innovative writing assignments prompted by the poem, which allow practise for Paper 1 through the study of poetry with common formats such as letters and blog posts.
- End-of-chapter theme sections contain handy reference tables showing the main themes within each poem. Major themes are explored in-depth, bringing together an overall analysis of the poet.
- End-of-chapter language and imagery sections offer notes on key literary techniques used by the poet with relevant examples for each.
- Sample essay plans and paragraphs for each poet develop skills in building structured answers that respond accurately to the question asked.
- Unseen poetry section offers friendly guidance on approaching the unseen question with a variety of fresh poems and songs.
- Glossary of poetic terms gives clear explanations to refer back to when needed.
- Exam advice sections provide useful information on preparing for and answering on prescribed and unseen poetry.
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