No Fear Shakespeare puts Shakespeare's language side-by-side with a facing-page translation into modern English-the kind of English people actually speak today
The traditional ballad form has a few easily replicated characteristics that have made it a popular storytelling device for hundreds of years. To write a ballad of your own, follow these guidelines
Whenever you study a poem, you will be called upon to analyse it. This means that you will need to know where the poet has used language techniques and how rhythm and meter is being used