It worries that students would struggle “to get to grips with complex literary texts remotely”. Study of a Shakespeare play has been deemed sacrosanct – no doubt making Shakespeare optional would have caused a tempest. She also pointed out that Ofqual is out of step, since poetry is riding a wave of popularity among teenagers. Judith Palmer, director of the Poetry Society, highlighted the diversity of contemporary poets as another factor in the subject’s favour. Poetry is about response, not regurgitation; the joy of intellectual inquiry; the free play of the spirit.

Source: The Guardian August 07, 2020 16:39 UTC