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Comparison Table for the poems / set texts for examination in 2027 – Paper 1
From Cambridge Songs of Ourselves Volume 1, the following 15 poems:

Aphra Behn, ‘Song: Love Armed’
Sujata Bhatt, ‘A Different History’
William Blake, ‘The Chimney-Sweeper’
Elizabeth Brewster, ‘Where I Come From’
Boey Kim Cheng, ‘Report to Wordsworth’
Gillian Clarke, ‘Lament’
Kevin Halligan, ‘The Cockroach’
Seamus Heaney, ‘Follower’
Liz Lochhead, ‘Storyteller’
Charles Mungoshi, ‘Before the Sun’
Katherine Philips, ‘A Married State’
Alexander Pope, From ‘An Essay on Man’
Carol Rumens, ‘Carpet-weavers, Morocco’
William Shakespeare, ‘Sonnet 18’
Judith Wright, ‘Hunting Snake’

The comparison table covers the following information for comparision.

Poem name
Poet
Key Themes
Similar Themes (and poem)
Key Ideas Dominant Tone(s)
Key Language
Features Structure/Form Potential
Contrasting Poem(s)
Cultural/Historical Context
Quote for Comparison
Alternate Comparison Quote (and poem)