Edexcel Conflict Poetry Anthology

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

The Edexcel Conflict poems include: A Poison Tree, Belfast Confetti, Catrin, The Charge of the Light Brigade, The Class Game, Cousin Kate, The Destruction of Sennacherib, Exposure, Half-Caste , The Man He Killed, No Problem, Poppies, The Prelude, War Photographer and What Were They Like?

A Poison Tree by William Blake

Belfast Confetti by Ciaran Carson

Catrin by Gillian Clarke

The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 

The Class Game by Mary Casey

Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti

The Destruction of Sennacherib by Lord Byron

Exposure by Wilfred Owen 

Half-Caste by John Agard

The Man He Killed by Thomas Hardy

No Problem by Benjamin Zephaniah

Poppies by Jane Weir 

The Prelude by William Wordsworth 

War Photographer by Carole Satyamurti

What Were They Like? by Denise Levertov

The video below will help you understand how to analyse poetry.