Literature · Language and imagination
Literature
Read closely. Imagine more. Find your voice.
Explore English through stories, poetry and drama, with room for your own ideas.
Reading · Language · Discussion
English with something to say
Good stories. Thoughtful conversations.
You do not need to be a literature expert. We will explore manageable passages, notice how the language works and use what we read as a starting point for speaking.
Follow the ideas with clear context and help with unfamiliar language.
Look at a writer’s choices. Use details from the text to explain your reading.
Share a response aloud, independently or with a tutor. Models and feedback will support you.
Created by Denis M., British English teacher with a degree in English Literature.
The literature collection
Find your next read
Choose a lesson and discover something new in the text.
À Quoi Bon Dire
Explore how love can resist time and separation.
My Heart Leaps Up
Explore childhood wonder and what connects a changing life.
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes
Compare light and love, then question the final claim.
I Am Not Yours
Explore love and identity through contrasting images.
Dust of Snow
Explore how a small encounter changes a difficult day.
A Birthday
Explore images of joy and ask how love can feel like a new beginning.
Infant Joy
Explore an imagined dialogue and ask how naming can express affection and hope.
The Rainy Day
Explore weather as metaphor and ask whether hope can acknowledge hardship.
Leisure
Explore repetition and personification, then ask whether attention is a form of wealth.
Hope
Explore Dickinson’s bird metaphor and ask whether hope is fragile, powerful, or an unearned gift.
The Winds of Fate
Read a short poem about ships and optimism, then explore how we can shape our direction in life.
Bring your curiosity
While the collection grows, explore a song, read a news story or discover more about Denis and his teaching.