Approaches to unseen poetry
Meaning

WJEC EDUQAS

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?


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