Bitesize Scotland Poetry Podcast: National 5 and Higher Scottish Set Texts: Carol Ann Duffy

Join host Zara Janjua and our special guests, Cat Hepburn and Kevin Gilday, to get to grips with the poems of Carol Ann Duffy on the Scottish Set Text list for National 5 and Higher English.

There is a discussion episode for each of the six poems. The discussion episodes are between eleven and fourteen minutes long.

Revise Carol Ann Duffy's poetry for National 5 or Higher English by listening to this podcast from Bitesize and BBC Sounds

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Zara Janjua, Cat Hepburn and Kevin Gilday discuss Before You Were Mine, a poem about the speaker's mother and the life she led before the speaker was born.

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Listen to their discussion on BBC Sounds.

Read more about Before You Were Mine in the Bitesize article.

Read the poem Before You Were Mine on the Scottish Poetry Library website.

Zara Janjua, Cat Hepburn and Kevin Gilday discuss Havisham, a poem imagined from the perspective of the character Miss Havisham, from Charles Dickens' Great Expectations.

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Listen to their discussion on BBC Sounds.

Read more about Havisham in the Bitesize article.

Read the poem Havisham on the Scottish Poetry Library website.

Zara Janjua, Cat Hepburn and Kevin Gilday discuss In Mrs Tilscher's Class, a poem about growing up and the changes between childhood and adolescence.

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Listen to their discussion on BBC Sounds.

Read more about In Mrs Tilscher's Class in the Bitesize article.

Read the poem In Mrs Tilscher's Class on the Scottish Poetry Library website.

Zara Janjua, Cat Hepburn and Kevin Gilday discuss Medusa, a poem written from the perspective of the mythological characater

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Listen to their discussion on BBC Sounds.

Read more about Medusa in the Bitesize article.

Read the poem Medusa on the Scottish Poetry Library website.

Zara Janjua, Cat Hepburn and Kevin Gilday discuss Mrs Midas, a poem written from the perspective of the mythological character's wife.

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Listen to their discussion on BBC Sounds.

Read more about Mrs Midas in the Bitesize article.

Read the poem Mrs Midas on the Scottish Poetry Library website.

Zara Janjua, Cat Hepburn and Kevin Gilday discuss Originally, a poem about moving from one country to another.

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Listen to their discussion on BBC Sounds.

Read more about Originally in the Bitesize article.

Read the poem Originally on the Scottish Poetry Library website.