Havisham by Carol Ann Duffy

[enoughisneverenough]

as a 16 year old, I believe this served no purpose, at all. Just my opinion.

[Englishgallery]

And Rosa: I don't think The Female of the Species is cool or funky, however, the group I made this video for know this song and can relate to the lyrics. Again, poetry is open to interpretation.

[Englishgallery]

Why do people have to be so rude? Again, it's a video aimed at my own students. I know the personalities of the pupils I teach and I also know what helps them learn. That is the most important thing for me.

[dman19851996]

To avoid having a woman like havisham, make her want to leave you by bothering the crap out of her and make her leave you.

[Killerzac]

we watched this in class and i was the only one to be singing along to 1:10

[shebzydon]

i got an A* in english lit and lang, no thanks to this video.

[BamItsSaMi10]

Weree doing this poem =) Thoo im onlyy 13, and in yr 9 :S

Veryy disturbing...

[kongabeatz]

sorry but the music ruined the mood of it for me.

[pezthegr8t]

My teacher at school loves to show these videos in class thankyou It does help especially the imagery and song used

[01mdubz01]

I have an essay about this in 9 hours and 51 minutes :(

[1403cj]

I feel that anything that helps students engage with any literary text. Evanescence's 'My Immortal' works with this poem too; almost like true intertextuality.

[AlexB120]

this is really useful revising for test :) and that poster is epic

[Starkythesharky]

Thank You soo much for uploading this.... Revising it now!!!!

[goffyownzu]

thank you! downloading now :)

[goffyownzu]

Hello, what is the song played second??

thanks great video btw :)

[secondbestbanana]

space - female of the species

[KingShark93]

wtf is this i mean oh my god get an another man stupid havisham

[Lynchies20]

dude u have brought shame on my favourite poem ever

u dont capture the violence at all and ur music is terrible

[Englishgallery]

The target audience for this video are 15-16 year olds preparing for their GCSE exams. I think the music does go with the poem and helps students understand some of the underlying themes of the poem, although there are other songs that would have suited it more, I thought about my students first and what would grab their attention. The images are to help them imagine the metaphors in the poem and to get across the "story".

[RosaFrikkinFranklin]

@Englishgallery because your students are going to be thrilled when their teacher presents them with 'cool and funky' music ... oh wait. Why not try and make it so much more understandable by using the right tone and something actually authentic.

[emptysoul31]

The great thing about poetry is it's open to interpretation. What one person feels about it can differ completely from what another feels.

So don't criticise this, it's just another interpretation.

[J3NiiC]

This has really helped me with my interpretation of life

Thanks :)

WHAT A LOAD OF loveliness

[babiibeckii07]

i love this poem haha probably my fav.;)

[CatLovesDucks]

Were doing this poem now.

We havent got our mocks until january (:

Just wanted to tell all of youtube that i got into college (Y)

[Englishgallery]

Congratulations.

[goonercw]

im studying this...... doin homework as i write it... so annoyin

[mycrazylyf08]

jeez we gonna be doin this poem sumtym next week. Extra nap tym +D But cheers for the vid x

[mufcadam]

im crappng my pant english lit exam tomoz

[kawwasaki]

same here lol

[kirstyisabaldman]

saaaaaaaaame!

[Eddylad2009]

Someone's going to fail.

[Englishgallery]

Hey, make sure you revise the pre 1914 poems in detail! When you get questions that say "choose two from lis A and two from list B", you will find that one of the lists will only have Pre 1914 poems on it!

Go for:

The Laboratory

The Man He Killed

On My First Sonne

The Song of the Old Mother (this will only really be compared to On My First Sonne due to the theme of parent/children)

[liverpoolabcdefg]

English Lit exam on Tuesday.......really want that A*!

GOOD LUCK 2 EVERYONE DOING GCSEs I HOPE U ALL GET WHAT U WANT!!

[caroltaylor]

english lit on tuesday !

GOODLUCK EVERY1!

[monsweet16]

this vid is really good ive got an english lit exam on tuesday and i like this poem

[Englishgallery]

As long as you talk about all four poems and say WHY/HOW the poet gets across their feelings by using techniques/key words you will be fine! Good Luck!

[gamerdeemer]

:P I got my exam on tuesday also ^^

[tukiexxx]

sameee lol :P

[kawwasaki]

same here haha lol  good luck guys

[afy147]

This video is well good miss (hype)