This established poetry anthology for Leaving Certificate Higher Level is the definitive guide to achieving top marks in the 2021 exam. For each poet, Poetry Focus 2021 provides these unique exam-focused features: Critical Literacy notes on each poem provide a focused discussion of theme and styleWriting About the Poem sections provide graded sample paragraphs with examiners comments, which help students articulate their responses to the highest standardExamination-style class/homework exercises develop effective writing skillsUPDATED: Sample Leaving Cert questions, full essays, plans, marking scheme guidelines and examiners comments Revision Overviews provide a concise and visual summary of each poets workUPDATED: Unseen Poetry guidelines and sample questions and answersExciting design promotes accessibility Free eBook with this textbook! See inside front cover for details. Extra features in your eBook: Exciting audio feature: Listen to Eavan Boland, Paul Durcan and Seamus Heaney read a selection of their poems!Selected key quotes for each poem in pop-up featureAdditional sample graded paragraphs on each poet with examiners commentsInvestigate Further feature provides carefully selected and placed weblinks Digital Resources for Poetry Focus 2021 are also available to teachers on GillExplore.ie, our resources platform.

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Poetry Focus .

There are 450 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2019 by Gill .

Martin Kieran and Frances Rocks teach in St Vincent's Secondary School, Dundalk. They are both experienced examiners and have written several Leaving Cert English textbooks.