In A London Drawingroom

In a London Drawingroom – George Eliot – AQA GCSE English Literature

This two-lesson teaching resource supports AQA GCSE English Literature students studying In a London Drawingroom by George Eliot from the Worlds and Lives poetry anthology. Designed to meet AQA specification requirements, it offers everything needed to teach the poem’s context, language, themes and structural features with confidence.

Resource includes:

A fully editable 40+ slide PowerPoint covering two complete lessons

Clear contextual coverage of Eliot, Victorian London and the Industrial Revolution

Close analysis of the poem with guided questions and model responses

Activities exploring Eliot’s language choices and industrial imagery

Theme exploration: industrialisation, dehumanisation, loss of nature and spiritual emptiness

Structured tasks on form and structure (free verse, enjambment and the single-stanza layout)

Essay-writing support with exemplar paragraphs and comparison practice

Comparison activities linking the poem with Shelley’s England in 1819

Perfect for whole-class teaching, revision or intervention, this resource develops the analytical skills needed for the AQA poetry comparison question. Engaging, accessible and classroom-ready, it helps students understand Eliot’s vivid critique of Victorian society and its effects on the natural world and the individual.