Carol Ann Duffy: Mean Time: 'Poetic Voices' Study Guide for A Level AQA

Specifically written to support the 2015 AQA Language and Literature specification, co-teachable study resources will guide your students through all the prescribed poems for your chosen author. Explore the linguistic an literary methods by which poets present time, place, relationships and events, with in-depth commentary and activities.

Poems covered:
  • ‘The Captain of the 1964 Top of the Form Team’
  • ‘Nostalgia’
  • ‘Before You Were Mine’
  • ‘Beachcomber’
  • ‘First Love’
  • ‘Valentine’
  • ‘The Biographer’
  • ‘Litany’
  • ‘Stafford Afternoons’
  • ‘The Cliché Kid’
  • ‘Small Female Skull’
  • ‘Never Go Back’
  • ‘Close’
  • ‘Mean Time’

Poem-by-poem Walk-through

  • Clear summary and insightful analysis are interwoven with questions and tasks, to deepen understanding and encourage independent interpretation
  • Focus on close reading and quotation analysis ensures students know the poems inside out

Exam Focus

  • Prepare to ace the exam with practice questions, planning guidance, sample essays and student-friendly mark schemes for both AS and A Level
Make the link! Ideas for comparing poems throughout, including handy comparison table, for AS students

Plus! Indicative content for all activities!