Robert Browning: Poetic Voices Study Guide for A Level AQA (With Recordings)

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 and literary methods by which poets present time, place, relationships and events, with in-depth commentary and activities.

Lots of ideas for teaching the poems and for developing use of linguistic and literary analysis

C Harvey, Teacher & Peer Reviewer
Poems covered:
  • ‘My Last Duchess’
  • ‘The Lost Leader’
  • ‘The Laboratory’
  • ‘Cristina’
  • ‘Johannes Agricola in Meditation’
  • ‘Porphyria’s Lover’
  • ‘Home Thoughts, from Abroad’
  • ‘Meeting at Night’
  • ‘Parting at Morning’
  • ‘De Gustibus—’
  • ‘Prospice’

Includes professional recordings of all poems!


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

Plus! Indicative content for all activities!

What do teachers say about this resource? (9619)

An extremely valuable resource that many teachers will use to elevate their teaching and save time in their planning... I liked the level of detail in the analysis of the poems. I think this was really helpful and is definitely lacking for this specification currently. Lots of teachers are still new to these poems when asked to teach this specification and this will give them a grounding and confidence going forward.

C Nicoll, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

Excellent resource - covers each poem in depth with the specification very much in mind. It would be extremely useful for somebody new to teaching A level Lang / Lit as it has clear explanations of terminology. Also the teacher can choose the level at which to pitch the analysis - not all of the terminology is essential, but if the teacher wants to stretch and challenge the class, they could select the higher level terminology. Nicely laid out and easy to navigate. The questions for each poem are well considered and there is a mixture of tasks - group or individual. It would save an enormous amount of time - I spent a long time researching each of the poems and apart from the GCSE poems such as My Last Duchess, they were difficult to find information about. Also it would save time on planning lessons as there are activities ready to teach.

R Smart, Teacher & Peer Reviewer

A very good resource with lots of ideas for teaching the poems and for developing use of linguistic and literary analysis... I particularly like how each poem centres on the A level question foci (voice, setting, relationships etc.) and think the comprehension questions provide lots of ideas for revision... Provides a thorough exploration of each poem.

C Harvey, Teacher & Peer Reviewer