Edexcel A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry June 2018 question paper 9ET0/03

Read the poem Growth by Les Murray on page 2 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem To My Nine-Year-Old Self by Helen Dunmore (on page 4).

Compare the methods both poets use to explore adults looking back on childhood incidents.

Explore the presentation of Noah’s relationship with God 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 : Noah’s Flood (Chester) lines 300–331 or Happe : Noah (Chester) stanzas 39–42

Answer ONE question on your chosen text. Begin your answer on page 25.

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 page 6.

Medieval Poet: Geoffrey Chaucer

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

EITHER

Explore how ‘maistrie’ is presented in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, by referring to lines 1037–1057 and one other extract of similar length. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore how the Wife of Bath is presented as a storyteller in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, by referring to lines 1–23 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 25.

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 page 7.

The Metaphysical Poets

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Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow

EITHER

Explore the ways in which love is presented in To a Lady that Desired I Would Love Her by Thomas Carew and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which discoveries are presented in The Good Morrow by John Donne 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 25.

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 page 8.

Metaphysical Poet: John Donne

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John Donne Selected Poems

EITHER

Explore the ways in which Donne makes use of religious beliefs in The Canonization and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which Donne presents love in Love’s Alchemy 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 25.

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 page 9

The Romantics

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English Romantic Verse, editor David Wright

EITHER

Explore the ways in which death is presented in ‘The cold earth slept below’ by Shelley and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which childhood is presented in Wordsworth’s Ode: Intimations of Immortality 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 25.

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 page 10.

Romantic Poet: John Keats

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Selected Poems: John Keats, editor John Barnard

EITHER

Explore how John Keats makes use of escapism in Ode to a Nightingale and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which Keats presents the past in Ode on a Grecian Urn 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 25.

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 11 to 12.

The Victorians

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The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse, editor Christopher Ricks

EITHER

Explore the ways in which night is presented in ‘The Autumn day its course has run–the Autumn evening falls’ by Charlotte Brontë and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which memories are presented in from Maud: II.iv ‘ O that ’twere possible’ by Tennyson 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 25.

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 page 13.

Victorian Poet: Christina Rossetti

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Christina Rossetti Selected Poems, editor Dinah Roe

EITHER

Explore the ways in which Christina Rossetti tells stories in Goblin Market and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which Christina Rossetti presents faith in A Christmas Carol 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 25.

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 page 14.

Modernism

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Great Modern Poets, editor Michael Schmidt

EITHER

Explore the ways in which shifting points of view are used in T S Eliot’s La Figlia Che Piange and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which time is used in Marianne Moore’s What Are Years? 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 25.

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 page 15.

Modernist Poet: T S Eliot

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T S Eliot: Selected Poems

EITHER

Explore the ways in which Eliot considers the futility of life in The Hollow Men and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which Eliot uses borrowings from other writings in The Fire Sermon (The Waste Land III) 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 25.

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 page 16.

The Movement

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

EITHER

Explore the ways characters are created in The Miner’s Helmet by George Macbeth and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which poets reflect on contemporary life in Nothing to be Said by Philip Larkin 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 25.

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 page 17.

The Movement Poet: Philip Larkin

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The Less Deceived, Philip Larkin

EITHER

Explore the ways in which Larkin presents change in At Grass and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which Larkin presents women in Lines On A Young Lady’s Photograph Album and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.