AQA Worlds and Lives Poetry Anthology

This section delves into the fifteen poems featured in the AQA Worlds and Lives GCSE Poetry Anthology. Follow the links below to access the Poems page, where you'll find in-depth analyses and the poems themselves.

The AQA Worlds and Lives poems include: Lines Written in Early Spring, England in 1819, Shall Earth no More Inspire Thee, In a London Drawingroom, On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955, Name Journeys, Pot, A Wider View, Homing, A Century Later, The Jewellery Maker, With Birds You’re Never Lonely, A Portable Paradise, Like an Heiress and Thirteen.

Lines Written in Early Spring by William Wordsworth

England in 1819 by Percy Bysshe Shelley

Shall Earth no More Inspire Thee by Emily Brontë

In a London Drawingroom by George Eliot

On an Afternoon Train from Purley to Victoria, 1955 by James Berry

Name Journeys by Raman Mundair

Pot by Shamshad Khan

A Wider View by Seni Seneviratne

Homing by Liz Berry

A Century Later by Imtiaz Dharker

The Jewellery Maker by Louisa Adjoa Parker

With Birds You’re Never Lonely by Raymond Antrobus