Poetry : pre-1914 - Explore some of the methods your chosen poets adopt to enrich an understanding of the human condition.

... GCSE English literature Poetry : pre-1914 Explore some of the methods your chosen poets adopt to enrich an understanding of the human condition. I have chosen to compare the three poems London, by William Blake, Holy Sonnet X by John Donne and a section from The General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales based on the description of the Squire by Geoffrey Chaucer. These pieces of verse show a slice of British history which range from the early Middle Ages through the renaissance to the 19th century industrial revolution. They cover social issues and personal religious faith as well as demonstrating the view of the classes through the ages. In Chaucer's The General Prologue the Squire is described as a portrait of natural order with an iconic idealism built around it. The idea of his two colours being "white and reede" symbolise purity and passion, two of the qualities for a hero

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