English Literature Template #1

TITLE	WHAT IT MAY BE ABOUT	POSSIBLE THEMES/WIDER IDEAS
‘Old Photographs’	Someone looking at old photographs.	Memories, regret, loss.
‘Yew Tree Guest House’	An old people’s home.	Aging, death, confinement.
Down and Out, Paddington Station	A homeless person at a train station.	Loneliness, abandonment, gratefulness.
3 a.m. Feed	Feeding a baby in the middle of the night.	Special moments, time.
Rejection	Being ‘dumped’ by a partner.	Depression, embarrassment, shame.

Read the following titles from different poems. Try to match what the poem is about and the wider ideas or themes that you think might be connected to the title.

TITLE	WHAT IT MAY BE ABOUT	POSSIBLE THEMES/WIDER IDEAS
‘Old Photographs’
‘Yew Tree Guest House’
Down and Out, Paddington Station
3 a.m. Feed
Rejection

Someone looking at old photographs.
Memories, regret, loss.
An old people’s home.
Aging, death, confinement.
A homeless person at a train station.
Loneliness, abandonment, gratefulness.
Feeding a baby in the middle of the night.
Special moments, time.
Being ‘dumped’ by a partner.
Depression, embarrassment, shame.

Well done you have connected all of the themes correctly. How would you explain the difference between what the poem is about and the themes and wider ideas of a poem?