Philip Larkin: The Whitsun Weddings: Comprehensive Guide for AS/A Level WJEC (Wales) and Eduqas
- WJEC AS
- Eduqas A Level
Delve into the penetrating truths of everyday life with Larkin’s observant and honest poetry collection. From matters of marriage to points on parenting, this comprehensive and in-depth guide ensures thorough understanding of the collection’s universal and poignant themes.
Goes into detail on all the poems and engages with the complexities and subtleties and contradictions of Larkin's work...
...Unusual to find this depth and breadth of support
Engage your students!
Throughout:
- debate prompts
- active learning tasks
- practice essay questions
Tackles the key stages of text analysis:
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Walk-through
Thorough section-by-section commentary walks students through each poem -
Drawing it all together
In-depth discussion of whole collection focuses on: language, structure, form, context, themes and critical reception -
Indicative content
Supports teaching by ensuring all key areas are covered
Plus!
- Glossary of key terms
- Further reading suggestions
- Comparative notes on Carol Ann Duffy’s Mean Time
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A very thorough explanation of all the poems in the collection with useful critical reception/contextual information... The tasks are interesting and varied. Some good debate prompts. ... It goes into detail on all the poems and engages with the complexities and subtleties and contradictions of Larkin's work... Unusual to find this depth and breadth of support.
Keywords
- A level English Literature
- A Level Eduqas English Literature (QA720)
- Component 1: Poetry
- A Level Comprehensive Guide
- A Level English Literature Comprehensive Guide
- Philip Larkin
- The Whitsun Weddings
- Poetry
- Post-1900
- ‘Here’
- ‘Mr Bleaney’
- ‘Nothing to be Said’
- ‘Love Songs in Age’
- ‘Naturally the Foundation Will Bear Your Expenses’
- ‘Broadcast’
- ‘Faith Healing’
- ‘For Sidney Bechet’
- ‘Home is So Sad’
- ‘Toads Revisited’
- ‘Water’
- ‘Self’s the Man’
- ‘Take One Home for the Kiddies’
- ‘Days’
- ‘MCMXIV’
- ‘Talking in Bed’
- ‘The Large Cool Store’
- ‘A Study of Reading Habits’
- ‘As Bad as a Mile’
- ‘Ambulances’
- ‘The Importance of Elsewhere’
- ‘Sunny Prestatyn’
- ‘First Sight’
- ‘Dockery and Son’
- ‘Ignorance’
- ‘Reference Back’
- ‘Wild Oats’
- ‘Essential Beauty’
- ‘Send No Money’
- ‘Afternoons’
- ‘An Arundel Tomb’