2. What is happening in these two pictures? What is your perception of the people, places and ‘events’?

3. Reading: ‘ The Boy with a Cloud in His Hand’

7. ‘ Digging’ By Seamus Heaney

8. So, it’s just about a bloke digging then?

9. Attitudes, feelings, ideas:

10. Structure: Line length, stanza length, punctuation… Rhyme or rhythm? Particular poetic form? How is it sequenced? Layout on Page? EFFECT?

12. ‘ Catrin’ By Gillian Clarke

14. Read the poem yourself: Can you find any initial points of comparison with ‘Digging’?

15. Clarke seems to have admiration for her daughter, the words ‘straight, strong, long brown hair’ suggest feelings of respect and convey her beauty. However, the mother seems confused, as she also sees their relationship as a ‘struggle’ and full of ‘fierce confrontation(s)’.

17. Structure: Line length, stanza length, punctuation… Rhyme or rhythm? Particular poetic form? How is it sequenced? Layout on Page? EFFECT?

18. You are… OR