Verse 2025 - Leaving Cert Poetry - Higher Level - Textbook & Poetry Skills Portfolio Book Set The Textbook - A full, annotated sample essay and sample essay questions for new prescribed poet Paula Meehan. - All past questions for each poet are included. - Contains all eight poets prescribed for examination in 2024. - Features a clear, colourful A4 layout. A key image accompanies each poem. - Timeline for each poet offers relevant biographical detail to give context to their work. - Pre-reading and comprehending and responding questions for all poems. - Exploring sections after each poem offer immediate, clear analysis in a concise format. Relevant quotations and biographical details are integrated in the commentary, providing a model for essay answers. - Creating questions contains innovative writing assignments prompted by the poem, which allow practise for Paper 1 through the study of poetry with common formats such as letters and blog posts. - End-of-chapter theme sections contain handy reference tables showing the main themes within each poem. Major themes are explored in-depth, bringing together an overall analysis of the poet. - End-of-chapter language and imagery sections offer notes on key literary techniques used by the poet with relevant examples for each. - Sample essay plans and paragraphs for each poet develop skills in building structured answers that respond accurately to the question asked. - Unseen Poetry section offers friendly guidance on approaching the unseen question with a variety of fresh poems and songs. - Glossary of poetic terms gives clear explanations to refer back to when needed. - Exam Advice sections provide useful information on preparing for and answering on prescribed and unseen poetry. Poetry Skills Portfolio Create an invaluable revision guide for exam-time. Build up knowledge of studied poets. Develop writing skills for producing exam-standard essay answers. The Verse Higher Level Poetry Skills Portfolio contains: - mind maps - word banks - biography tasks - theme, language and imagery note templates - paragraph-writing tasks - dedicated space for writing sample essays.