Inspire students to enjoy poetry while helping them to prepare effectively for the CSEC® examination; ensure coverage of all prescribed poems for the revised CSEC® English A and English B syllabuses with an anthology that has been compiled with the approval of the Caribbean Examinations Council by Editors who have served as CSEC® English panel members.

- Stimulate an interest in and enjoyment of poetry with a wide range of themes and subjects, a balance of well-known poems from the past and more recent works, as well as poems from the Caribbean and the rest of the world.

- Support understanding with notes on each poem and questions to provoke discussion, and a useful checklist to help with poetry analysis.

- Consolidate learning with practical guidance on how to tackle examination questions including examples of model answers for reference.