Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry

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For AS Level students, you will be given two questions to pick from, and each will specify a poem to be used. Poems of the Decade brings together more than one hundred poems from the many thousands submitted to the Forward Prizes for Poetry in the first decade of the 21st century. They have been awarded annually since 1992 for the Best Collection, Best First Collection and Best Single Poem published in Britain and Ireland, and the roster of winning, shortlisted and highly commended poets regularly juxtaposes familiar canonical names with fresh voices. The selected poems cover a wide range of styles and subject matter, opening up plenty of material for discussion.

We don’t have any specific predictions for the AS exam however we made some predictions here for last years A Level exam and this seem strong contenders for potential inclusion in this AS exam. We recommend talking to your teacher / educational establishment to confirm the specific details of the exact course you are studying. However, they act as a great option to use for practice essays and general Poems of the Decade revision, with analysis available to support your learning. If you look at our previous tips for other exams though it’s all quite similar in terms of the approach and potential topics.Home to William Golding, Sylvia Plath, Kazuo Ishiguro, Sally Rooney, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Max Porter, Ingrid Persaud, Anna Burns and Rachel Cusk, among many others, Faber is proud to publish some of the greatest novelists from the early twentieth century to today. Faber Members get access to live and online author events and receive regular e-newsletters with book previews, promotional offers, articles and quizzes. The Forward Prizes for Poetry have established themselves as central to the literary landscape of modern Britain. This anthology of anthologies draws on the ten Forward Books of Poetry published to accompany the prizes between 2001 and 2010. From Nobel Laureates Samuel Beckett and Harold Pinter to theatre greats Tom Stoppard and Alan Bennett to rising stars Polly Stenham and Florian Zeller, Faber Drama presents the very best theatre has to offer.

It is often profitable to make connections between them, but in Edexcel Paper 3, students are asked to compare a previously unseen poem with one from Poems of the Decade . You will have to pick one of two specified questions, each of which will have one poem that is part of this collection and one unseen poem. We understand that not everyone can donate right now, but if you can afford to contribute, we promise it will be put to good use. It includes poems by Raymond Antrobus, Simon Armitage, Fiona Benson, Liz Berry, Caroline Bird, Vahni Capildeo, Alice Oswald and Claudia Rankine. The 100 poems contained in this anthology were selected from the many thousands of poems submitted to the Forward Prizes for Poetry over the past ten years.Images Donate icon An illustration of a heart shape Donate Ellipses icon An illustration of text ellipses. Poems of the Decade is a collection of poems from the first decade of the 21st century, published by the Forward Poetry Foundation. More Hamburger icon An icon used to represent a menu that can be toggled by interacting with this icon.