Comparing two poems by the same poet. Before You Were Mine We ...

Carol Ann Duffy
COMPARING TEXTS
Poetry
Venn diagram method
Think about how the poems compare. For revision or planning purposes, you could make a Venn diagram to show
your ideas, but your exam answer should be written out in full sentences.
When You Were Mine
Pleasure of child
discovering mother’s
happy youth.
Glamorous words and
strong visual images.
Relaxed and affectionate
spoken voice.
Child’s point of view at
the centre of the poem.
Difficulty
of different
generations really
knowing each
others’ youth.
Realistic spoken
styles present
experiences in
authentic way.
We Remember Your
Childhood Well
Pain of parents denying
child’s unhappy youth.
Negative words and list
of denials.
Tense and angry spoken voice.
Child’s point of view almost
completely squeezed out of
the poem.
Revision in minutes
7
14
19
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next
week
Exploring poems in anthologies.
To get inside who the speaker of the poem is, read the poem aloud, trying out
different voices and expressions until your reading fits the language.
Write the names of your set poems on cards, shuffle them, draw two, then figure out
three similarities between the poems and three differences. Make notes in a Venn
diagram if you want.
Pick any two poems on the same theme and create your own Venn diagram to
explore the similarities and differences.
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