Middle & Senior – Poetry, the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings
As part of the process of preparation of IGCSE English Literature exam in Senior School, Middle 2 is enjoying their Poetry classes. The aims of this subject are to encourage and develop their ability to enjoy the experience of reading poetry in different forms, to communicate an informed personal response appropriately and effectively, to appreciate different ways in which poets achieve their effects and to explore the contribution of poetry to an understanding of areas of human concern.
‘Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.’
William Wordsworth