To recognise the significance of the African American identity and identify and evaluate its presentation through ballads and sonnets.
To identify the speaker in a poem.
To have a comprehensive understanding of the poetic form of sonnets and how Gwendolyn Brooks uses these poetic forms to construct her poems.
To have a deeper understanding of love and passion in African influenced and inspired poetry.
To compare and contrast poems.
To develop knowledge and critical understanding of imagery in poetry.
To successfully analyse the effect imagery has on the understanding of a poem.
To deduce and infer underlying meanings in a poem through a succinct analysis of the poetry of Langston Hughes.
To recognise and comment on the structure of free verse and evaluate the effect this technique has on the reader in terms of the intended purpose of a poem.
To analyse the use of metaphors and alliteration in relation to the African American heritage and the use of a life fixture.
To understand the influence Bob Marley has had within this poetic genre and identify the themes and poetic techniques covered when studying previous poets in order to recognise the themes within the lyrics of his songs.