KS3 Poetry Anthology: Memory

Click on the button above to access an anthology of poems that explore the theme of memory.

1. Music, When Soft Voices Die, by Percy Bysshe Shelley (C19th)
2. Just Thinking, by William Stafford (C20th)
3. Last Night, by Vikram Seth (C20th)
4. Last Night, by Faiz Ahmed Faiz (C20th)
5. Nettles, by Vernon Scannell (C19th)
6. I wish I could remember that first day, by Christina Rossetti (C19th)
7. To Flee from Memory, by Emily Dickinson (C19th)
8. A Weathered Skeleton, by Matsuo Basho (C17th)
9. Time Does Not Bring Relief, by Edna St. Vincent Millay (C20th)
10. Break, Break, Break, by Alfred Tennyson (C19th)

Each poem is double-spaced and there’s plenty of room on each page for annotations. There’s also a vocabulary page (p2) with words to help students reflect, discuss and write about the poems.

Hope it’s helpful,

Doug