Shall earth no more inspire thee

Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee – Emily Brontë

AQA GCSE English Literature – Worlds and Lives Poetry Anthology

This two-lesson, fully editable resource supports the teaching of Emily Brontë’s Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee for the AQA GCSE English Literature Worlds and Lives anthology. It provides everything teachers need to explore the poem’s language, structure, themes and context in depth, while helping students build strong AO1–AO3 analytical and comparison skills.

Resource Overview

41-slide PowerPoint presentation delivering two complete lessons

Contextual study of Emily Brontë, Romanticism and the Yorkshire landscape’s influence on her writing

Close reading and stanza-by-stanza analysis with model answers and teacher notes

Language and imagery tasks exploring Brontë’s use of personification and how nature is portrayed as a loving, spiritual force

Structure and form activities examining rhyme, rhythm and the poem’s emotional progression

Theme mind-map exercises on inspiration, isolation, healing and humanity’s bond with nature

Essay-writing guidance and model responses to the question: “How does Emily Brontë present nature in ‘Shall Earth No More Inspire Thee’?”

Comparison practice with Wordsworth’s Lines Written in Early Spring, including exemplar comparison paragraphs

Consolidation activities: comprehension questions, cloze exercises, and rhyme and repetition analysis