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This 21-slide lesson explores Aphra Behn’s ‘Love Armed’.

After some key starter questions about Cupid, students learn about the poet’s life and context before reading the poem. A summary of the poem is included to support students’ understanding.

Questions are asked about the poem’s language and imagery, focusing at first on the presentation of love. Detailed annotation prompts are included to facilitate students’ own independent thinking about the poem. A detailed overview of form, structure and rhyme is also provided.

Students are encouraged to think about the reliability of the speaker in the poem and assess the poem’s tone. The lesson also explores the poem’s key themes, and a list of sophisticated vocabulary is given to facilitate precise analysis.

At the end of the lesson, critical thinking questions and an essay-style question are included.

The lesson is saved as both an editable PowerPoint and PDF to retain aesthetic features.