Poetry Comprehension
Poems | Analysis | Writer's Choices
Cambridge IGCSE–style poetry analysis. Each poem is followed by questions assessing theme, vocabulary, figures of speech, tone, and atmosphere.
Passage 01
The Sending Off
A mother watches her son leave for war — a poem of restraint and devastating understatement.
20 questions
Passage 02
The Market
A sensory portrait of an early-morning market — and a meditation on what we buy and sell.
20 questions
Passage 03
Tidal
A poem about the ocean, time, and the persistence of things we think are lost.
20 questions
Passage 04
The Examination
A student sits an exam — a poem about preparation, pressure, and the strange distances that open up under scrutiny.
20 questions
Passage 05
The Old Photograph
A meditation on a photograph of someone no longer living — and what images can and cannot hold.
20 questions