Teaching Keats at A Level – new worksheets launched

A poem by any other name.. 

Why do poets chose particular poetic forms for certain subject matter? And really, is there much difference between a sonnet and an ode?

If you are teaching selected poetry by John Keats this year, you may be pleased to know that new John Keats worksheets for teachers launched today will help you address these and other issues.

The worksheets comprise a series of ideas which will carry you through a number of lessons and help your students get to grips with the ‘typical’ elements of Keatsian style.

They cover areas such as:

• The different imaginative worlds which Keats created in his verse
• His repeated return to the themes of love, life and death
• His use of the sonnet form
• How his narrative poems work
• The association between this second-generation Romantic poet and nature
• An exploration of Keats’ famous odes.

Where it is helpful, the lesson ideas refer students back to the extensive contextual background knowledge which they need to be aware of, found in the online John Keats text-guide.

All Crossref-it.info teaching resources are written by established UK A Level literature teachers and examiners who know what you need to deliver to ensure exam success.

Happy teaching!