Prescribed list for Poems of the Decade amended

To further support your students with the in-depth study and analysis of required poems, we've revised the list of prescribed texts from 'Poems of a Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry, 2002-2011'.

For first AS and A level assessment in summer 2018, eight poems have been removed from the prescribed list:

• Eavan Boland - 'Inheritance'
• Sue Boyle - 'A Leisure Centre is also a Temple of Learning'
• Ciaran Carson - 'The War Correspondent'
• Carol Ann Duffy - 'The Map Woman'
• Robert Minhinnick - 'The Fox in the National Museum of Wales'
• Sean O’Brien - 'Fantasia on a Theme of James Wright'
• Ruth Padel - 'You, Shiva, and my Mum'
• George Szirtes -'Song'
  

Full details of the amendment and updated Appendix 5 for A level English Literature can be found in this letter.