Poetry Focus 2025

The established and best-selling poetry anthology for Leaving Certificate Higher Level English by MARTIN KIERAN and FRANCES ROCKS is the definitive guide to achieving top marks in the 2025 exam. Written by experienced teachers and examiners FRANCES ROCKS and MARTIN KIERAN Sample essays and essay plans with invaluable Examiner’s Comments Audio of Eavan Boland and Derek Mahon reading their poems DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO ACHIEVING TOP MARKS in the 2025 exam PACKAGE INCLUDES: Textbook FREE eBook* Digital resources on *included with the textbook FRANCES ROCKS and MARTIN KIERAN’s best-selling poetry anthology for Leaving Certificate Higher Level English. UNIQUE EXAM-FOCUSED FEATURES Critical Literacy notes on each poem Sample paragraphs with Examiner’s Comments for each poem Exam-style Class/Homework Exercises Revision Overviews include visual memory aids Guidelines and sample questions and answers for Unseen Poetry Sample exam questions, (updated in line with the latest SEC questions) full essays, plans, marking scheme guidelines and Examiner’s Comments DIGITAL RESOURCES UNIQUE! Audio feature: selection of poets reading their prescribed poems Selected key quotes for each poem UNIQUE! Additional sample graded paragraphs with Examiner’s Comments Investigate Further feature: carefully selected and placed weblinks