Get Poetry

We promised you a PEFAZIL series in time for the end-of-year exams. Well...

New Series Launch | Sunday 7:30pm

What if the problem with your poetry answers… isn’t what you know - but how you’re writing about it?

Most students don’t lose marks because they misunderstand poems.

They lose marks because their analysis:

stops too early
stays too general
or never quite connects properly

That changes this Sunday.

At 7:30pm, we're launching a brand new Get Poetry series:

PEFAZIL - What it is, how it works and why it actually gets marks

This isn’t another checklist.
It’s not a formula to memorise.
It’s a way of thinking that helps you:

✅ build clear, controlled analytical paragraphs
✅ zoom in on the right words
✅ explain meaning with precision
✅ and keep comparison flowing naturally

Across 9 short episodes, we take one real exam question:

Compare how power is presented in "If—" and "My Last Duchess"

… and build a high‑level paragraph step by step, showing you exactly how strong analysis is constructed.

If you’ve ever thought:

“I know the poems, I just don’t know how to write about them properly…”

This series is for you.

🗓 Sunday 31st May
⏰ 7:30pm
▶️ Full PEFAZIL series drops

Set the reminder. Share it with someone who needs it.

This is about turning understanding into marks.

Get ready for the 18 minutes that will transform how you write about literature.

Let's Get Poetry


#PEFAZIL #GetPoetry #GCSEEnglish #IGCSEEnglish #EnglishLiterature #PoetryAnalysis #ExamTechnique #GCSERevision #IGCSERevision #StudyTips #LearnEnglish

1 day ago | [YT] | 1

Get Poetry

The IGCSE exam Paper 1 is now over, and if you’ve been revising alongside Get Poetry this year, you should be proud of the work you’ve put in. Exams are intense, demanding, and at times overwhelming — but that chapter is now closed.

At the same time, this feels like the right moment to look forward.

Over the coming months, the channel will be shifting focus to three major projects, all designed to bring the same calm, structured clarity to the next stage of learning:

📘 Completing the AQA Power and Conflict cluster
We’ll be finishing the remaining poems with clear analysis, connections, and comparison support — focusing on understanding before memorisation.

📗 Completing the prose content for Edexcel IGCSE Literature Paper 2
This will include big‑picture thinking, close analysis, and exam‑ready ways of approaching longer prose responses without feeling lost or overloaded.

And finally, and most excitingly of all...

🎥 Launching our PEFAZIL series

A sequence of short, focused explainers showing how strong analytical paragraphs are built, not through checklists, but through careful thinking about language, structure, form and effect.

Whether you’re GCSE or IGCSE, this is about turning insight into marks.

If you’ve found the channel helpful this year, thank you for being part of it - and please SPREAD THE WORD!

And if you’re new here, this is a great time to join - less panic, more precision and a stronger foundation for what comes next.

More clarity soon.

Thanks again!

Team Get Poetry


#GetPoetry
#GCSEEnglish
#IGCSEEnglish
#EnglishLiterature
#PoetryAnalysis
#PowerAndConflict
#EdexcelIGCSE
#AQAEnglish
#ExamRevision
#EnglishTeachers
#GCSEStudents
#IGCSEStudents

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

Get Poetry

📢 Bonus Video Alert | Last‑Minute Revision 📢

Struggling with the Edexcel IGCSE poetry comparison?

This Friday 8th May at 8am, we're releasing a bonus “How to…” Get Poetry video breaking down exactly how to compare poems for the Edexcel IGCSE exam.

✅ How the question is marked
✅ What examiners really want to see
✅ How to structure your comparisons clearly
✅ Common mistakes that cost marks
✅ How to keep comparison running throughout

This is not revising specific poems.

This is about exam technique, confidence and control — perfect for last‑minute revision if poetry comparison still feels shaky.

If you’ve ever thought: “I know the poems, I just don’t know how to compare them properly…”

This video is for you.

🗓 Friday 8th May
⏰ 8am
🎥 Bonus Get Poetry How To Compare Poems video

Set your reminders, and share with anyone who needs a boost going into the exam.

3 weeks ago | [YT] | 1

Get Poetry

A few days ago, we were asked by viewer @DictatorMbappéOffical about how we would go about answering the comparative question for EDEXCEL IGCSE. Well, we've now produced a pdf based on the last few years of examiners reports, as well as our years of teaching this specification.

It's available to download, free of charge, HERE: drive.google.com/file/d/1xQUkByAD4H8-qOUtrIM1hgoiz…

And here's the link to the STRUCTURE & FORM explainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJYWc...

3 weeks ago (edited) | [YT] | 1

Get Poetry

🎉 WE’VE DONE IT! FIVE VIDEOS. FIVE DAYS. 🎉

📅 Final Premiere: TONIGHT, Friday 17th April
⏰ 19:30 (BST)
📺 On Get Poetry

This week, Get Poetry has released five brand‑new comparison videos, each tackling a core theme from the Edexcel IGCSE English Literature Poetry anthology — one every single day.

And tonight, we finish strong.

Our final video of the series explores Structure and Form, comparing:

📜 Sonnet 116
🔥 Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night
🕰️ Poem at Thirty‑Nine

In this 2‑minute explainer, we break down:

• Why structure is never accidental
• How rigid forms create certainty and defiance
• How free verse mirrors memory and reflection

If you’ve been following the series — thank you.
If you’re just catching up — now’s the perfect time.

📖 Five videos.
🧠 Five exam‑ready themes.
✅ One less thing to worry about in Paper 1.

Set your reminder and join us for the final premiere at 19:30 BST.

LET’S GET POETRY.

#GetPoetry #EdexcelIGCSE #IGCSEEnglish #EnglishLiterature #PoetryComparison #StructureAndForm #ExamRevision #Paper1 #StudySupport #RevisionSeries #GCSEEnglish

1 month ago | [YT] | 0

Get Poetry

🌿 TONIGHT’S GET POETRY PREMIERE 🌿
⏰ 19:30 (BST)

Video 4 of our Edexcel IGCSE comparison series explores a classic theme — with a twist:

Man vs Nature

We compare:

🏞️ La Belle Dame Sans Merci
🌍 Prayer Before Birth
💧 Blessing

Nature is never just background.

📌 Premieres tonight at 19:30 (BST)

LET’S GET POETRY.

#GetPoetry #EdexcelIGCSE #ManVsNature #BlessingPoem #LaBelleDameSansMerci #PrayerBeforeBirth #PoetryComparison #EnglishRevision #Paper1

1 month ago | [YT] | 0

Get Poetry

Thank you!

We’ve reached 100 subscribers, and we just wanted to say how grateful we are. It may be a small milestone, but it means a lot to us that people are choosing to watch, subscribe, and engage with what we’re doing.

Thanks for your support...and there's plenty more poetry to come!

Team Get Poetry

1 month ago | [YT] | 0

Get Poetry

🚨 NEW GET POETRY VIDEO TONIGHT 🚨
⏰ Premiere: 19:30 (BST)

We’re halfway through our five‑day Edexcel IGCSE Poetry Comparison series — and tonight’s theme is one of the most unsettling:

Fear and Uncertainty

We compare:
👦 Hide and Seek
👶 Prayer Before Birth
🖤 La Belle Dame Sans Merci

This is one examiners love — when it’s done properly.

📌 Premieres tonight at 19:30 (BST)

LET’S GET POETRY.

#GetPoetry #EdexcelIGCSE #FearAndUncertainty #HideAndSeekPoem #LaBelleDameSansMerci #PrayerBeforeBirth #EnglishLiterature #PoetryAnalysis #Paper1 #StudySupport

1 month ago | [YT] | 1

Get Poetry

📺 TONIGHT ON GET POETRY
⏰ Premiere: 19:30 (BST)

Video 2 of our Edexcel IGCSE Poetry Comparison series drops tonight — and we’re tackling a theme students often find deceptively difficult:
Reality vs Imagination

We compare:
📸 War Photographer
👶 Prayer Before Birth
🎹 Piano

If poetry feels abstract — this one makes it concrete.

📌 Premieres tonight at 19:30 (BST)

One series. Five themes. One video every day.

LET’S GET POETRY.

#GetPoetry #EdexcelIGCSE #IGCSEEnglish #RealityVsImagination #WarPhotographer #PrayerBeforeBirth #PianoPoem #EnglishLiterature #PoetryComparison #ExamRevision

1 month ago | [YT] | 0

Get Poetry

To celebrate the first day of our five day comparison video marathon, we're launching a poll. It's very simple: these are our four most viewed poem videos. Which is your favourite?

1 month ago | [YT] | 0