GCSE English – AC studies

OCR Youth and Age Poetry Anthology: A Guide to Structural Features

Focusing on the Youth and Age poetry cluster from OCR's revised anthology - and how to analyse structural devices.

Understanding poetry's structure enhances interpretation and analysis, critical for achieving top GCSE grades. Here's how to do it.

The essay compares "War Photographer" and "Poppies," highlighting their distinct expressions of inner conflict related to war.

To help your GCSE English exam preparation, here’s a roundup of our most-read revision guides...

London by William Blake and My Last Duchess by Robert Browning are fascinating poems containing some difficult themes...

Valentine by Carol Ann Duffy and Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning are two poems in the WJEC GCSE poetry anthology...

Chances are you’ve come across Tissue and The Émigrée already. These are two of the trickiest poems in the AQA anthology...

Here's your ultimate guide to talking about structure for English Language GCSE exams...

Exposure by Wilfred Owen and Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson are two tricky poems...

A sample GCSE essay demonstrating a comparison between "Cousin Kate" by Christina Rosetti and "Poison Tree" by William Blake...