The Guide has been written primarily for students of A Level English Literature as specified by WJEC Eduqas in the post-2015 syllabus. It addresses Component 1

Carol Ann Duffy has invited fifty of her peers to choose and respond to a poem from the past. With up-and-coming poets alongside more established names, and ori

If the post of Poet Laureate was allocated on the basis of popularity, Carol Ann Duffy would have been the first woman to hold this prestigious post. Like Phili

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