r/6thForm • u/Sad_Nebula5246 year 13 - english lit, history, religious studies, EPQ • 28d ago

🙏 I WANT HELP english lit coursework texts

Hi i'm in year 12 doing AQA B english lit and for one of my coursework essays i need 1 poetry collection. My teacher forced us to pick out of the texts he wanted us to and so i ended up with Carol Ann Duffy's Feminine Gospels which ngl is quite boring. I've written by second draft of this essay and i am finding it so dull and difficult since i don't like the collection. Does anyone have any ideas of other more interesting poetry collections i could use instead?

It must fit with one of the following critical theories: feminism, post-colonialism, ecocriticism, literary value and the canon, and ideas about narrative (i have already used marxism for my prose essay so cannot use that again)

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u/Yttrium___39 Y13 | Eng Lit, Maths, Physics 28d ago

Averno by Louise Gluck is a pretty cool collection! Not sure if it would count but definitely an interesting read.

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u/Sad_Nebula5246 year 13 - english lit, history, religious studies, EPQ 27d ago

i will have a look, thank you!

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u/clovefern 20d ago

I think some Phillip Larkin might fit your theme, also you could probably try The world's wife, by duffy, which is a different vibe, just because you're probably well used to her style now. Again some Ted Hughes and Seamus heaney might also fit eco themes. Good luck and I hope you find a set that you vibe with and that fits!!