Edexcel A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry June 2017 question paper 9ET0/03

Read the poem When Six O’Clock Comes and Another Day Has Passed by Kathryn Simmonds on page 2 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem Effects by Alan Jenkins (on pages 4 and 5).

Compare the methods both poets use to explore emotional responses to birth and death.

Explore the presentation of Mak in the extracts specified below and in one other extract of similar length from any of the poetic dramas. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Refer to the prescribed text studied: either Cawley: The Second Shepherds’ Pageant (Wakefield) lines 217–252 or Happe: The Second Shepherds’ Play stanzas 25–28.

Answer ONE question on your chosen text. Begin your answer on page 23.

You must select a poem from the prescribed list for your studied collection. The poems are listed in Section B of the source booklet on pages 6 to 18.

Medieval Poet: Geoffrey Chaucer

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The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, editor James Winny

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Explore how justice is presented in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, by referring to lines 902–918 and one other extract of similar length. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore how marriage is presented in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, by referring to lines 35–58 and one other extract of similar length. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Answer ONE question on your chosen text. Begin your answer on page 23.

You must select a poem from the prescribed list for your studied collection. The poems are listed in Section B of the source booklet on pages 6 to 18.

The Metaphysical Poets

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Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow

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Explore the ways in which women are presented in To My Excellent Lucasia, on Our Friendship by Katherine Philips and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which suffering is presented in The Nymph Complaining for the Death of her Fawn by Andrew Marvell and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Answer ONE question on your chosen text. Begin your answer on page 23.

You must select a poem from the prescribed list for your studied collection. The poems are listed in Section B of the source booklet on pages 6 to 18.

Metaphysical Poet: John Donne

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John Donne Selected Poems

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Explore the ways in which John Donne’s poetry combines intellect and emotion, by referring to A Valediction Forbidding Mourning and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which John Donne’s poetry presents death, by referring to Holy Sonnet VI (‘This is my play’s last scene’) and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Answer ONE question on your chosen text. Begin your answer on page 23.

You must select a poem from the prescribed list for your studied collection. The poems are listed in Section B of the source booklet on pages 6 to 18.

The Romantics

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English Romantic Verse, editor David Wright

EITHER

Explore the ways in which the natural world is portrayed in Lines Written in Early Spring by William Wordsworth and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which the past is presented in R Alcona to J Brenzaida by Emily Bront and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Answer ONE question on your chosen text. Begin your answer on page 23.

You must select a poem from the prescribed list for your studied collection. The poems are listed in Section B of the source booklet on pages 6 to 18.

Romantic Poet: John Keats

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Selected Poems: John Keats, editor John Barnard

EITHER

Explore John Keats’ portrayal of emotional pain in Ode on Melancholy and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which romantic love is presented in Isabella: or, The Pot of Basil and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Answer ONE question on your chosen text. Begin your answer on page 23.

You must select a poem from the prescribed list for your studied collection. The poems are listed in Section B of the source booklet on pages 6 to 18.

The Victorians

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The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse, editor Christopher Ricks

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Explore the ways in which the natural world is presented in The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which intense feeling is presented in Grief by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Answer ONE question on your chosen text. Begin your answer on page 23.

You must select a poem from the prescribed list for your studied collection. The poems are listed in Section B of the source booklet on pages 6 to 18.

Victorian Poet: Christina Rossetti

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Christina Rossetti Selected Poems, editor Dinah Roe

EITHER

Explore the ways in which temptation is presented in The World and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which Rossetti makes use of the natural world in An Apple –Gathering and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Answer ONE question on your chosen text. Begin your answer on page 23.

You must select a poem from the prescribed list for your studied collection. The poems are listed in Section B of the source booklet on pages 6 to 18.

Modernism

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Great Modern Poets, editor Michael Schmidt

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Explore the ways in which decisive moments are presented in The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which human nature is presented in pity this busy monster, manunkind by e e cummings and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Answer ONE question on your chosen text. Begin your answer on page 23.

You must select a poem from the prescribed list for your studied collection. The poems are listed in Section B of the source booklet on pages 6 to 18.

Modernist Poet: T S Eliot

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T S Eliot: Selected Poems

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Explore the ways in which death is presented in Gerontion and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which T S Eliot uses settings in Sweeney Erect and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Answer ONE question on your chosen text. Begin your answer on page 23.

You must select a poem from the prescribed list for your studied collection. The poems are listed in Section B of the source booklet on pages 6 to 18.

The Movement

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The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse, editor Philip Larkin

EITHER

Explore the ways in which suffering is presented in Hospital for Defectives by Thomas Blackburn and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which voice is created in Metamorphosis by Peter Porter and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Answer ONE question on your chosen text. Begin your answer on page 23.

You must select a poem from the prescribed list for your studied collection. The poems are listed in Section B of the source booklet on pages 6 to 18.

The Movement Poet: Philip Larkin

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The Less Deceived, Philip Larkin

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Explore the ways in which Larkin presents the past in Church Going and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which Larkin uses voice in Poetry of Departures and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.