GCSE Poetry Assignment

How is love represented in the two poems that you have studied?

The two poems that I have read are ‘Rapunzstiltskin’ by Liz Lochhead and ‘i wanna be yours’ by John Cooper Clarke. Both poems talk about love. ‘Rapunzstiltskin’ is about a woman who…

‘i wanna be yours’ is about a man who …

Throughout time, love poetry has been expressed…

The modern view of love is quite different. In the media love is seen as…

Objects are used to represent and communicate romantic feelings like…

The view of love expressed in ‘Rapunzstiltskin’ is…

The view of love expressed in ‘i wanna be yours is…



In ‘Rapunzstiltskin’ the maiden is described as…

The Prince is described as…

He disappoints the maiden by…

The images of love within these two poems are…

Language and the way in which the poems are written help to show the poets’ views of love. In ‘i wanna be yours’…

In ‘Rapunzstiltskin’…

It seems that John Cooper Clarke is trying to say… (what is he trying to say about love?)

In her poem, Liz Lochhead seems to be saying that love…

I think the two poems are…(how successful are they in discussing love?)

The main similarities in the two poems are…

The poem that I prefer is… because…