God's grandeur

To understand the assessment criteria and format of Q1. To explore and analyse the poem ‘God’s Grandeur’

The extracts used in Question 1 will relate to at least one of the four key areas: • Ideas of progress: industry and empire • The position of women in Victorian society • Social problems: urban poverty and the working class • Evolving attitudes: culture, religion and science. The wording of the question will usually include some of the key words or phrases from these topics. Students are required to refer to at least one example of their wider reading in each genre when answering Question 1. There needs to be evidence that you have studied a collection of poems by a writer ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Ideas of progress: industry and empire The Industrial Revolution ,[object Object],Allegory on the significance of steam power, c.1850 © Victorian Britain experienced the effects of the industrial revolution. Large scale factory systems and production-line manufacturing were introduced. But the human cost of industry became a central topic of debate. Goods could be produced more cheaply and efficiently than before.

[object Object],• Evolving attitudes: culture, religion and science. In 1851, Charles Kingsley wrote that “The young men and women are fast parting from their parents and each other [….] wandering towards sheer materialism […]”

Non fict. Extract on religion. ,[object Object],What do the extracts tell us about the Victorian concerns? How do the writer’s present their thoughts and feelings on these topics?

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How does the poet create a sense of energy and movement? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Form and structure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Octet: What is the contrast between man and God described? What effect does the internal rhyme have? Find a line of monsyllables. What effect does this have? Sestet: Hopkins offers reassurance in a quick simple line. Which line is it and what does it mean?

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