Edexcel A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry June 2019 question paper 9ET0/03

Read the poem Two Trees by Don Paterson on page 2 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem Giuseppe by Roderick Ford (on page 4).

Compare the methods both poets use to explore unusual events.

Explore the presentation of working life 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 17-56 or Happe: Noah (Chester) stanzas 3-7

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

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Explore how Chaucer presents the Wife’s rebellion against voices of authority in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, by referring to lines 77-114 and one other extract of similar length. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore how Chaucer presents the Wife’s treatment of her husbands in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, by referring to lines 194-223 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

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Explore the ways in which dramatic devices are used in The World by Henry Vaughan and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which apparently unrelated ideas are presented in Song: To Lucasta, Going to the Wars by Richard Lovelace 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

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Explore the ways in which constancy is presented in Woman’s Constancy and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which Donne uses extremes in Holy Sonnet V (‘I am a little world’) 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 9.

The Romantics

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English Romantic Verse, editor David Wright

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Explore the ways in which human nature is presented in Songs of Experience: Holy Thursday (‘Is this a holy thing to see…?’) by Blake and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which personal reflection is presented in Sonnet on the Sea by Keats 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

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Explore the ways in which Keats presents the prospect of death in ‘ When I have fears that I may cease to be ’ and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which the power of imagination is presented in On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer 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

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Explore the ways in which poets make use of the senses in From In Memoriam: XCV ‘By night we linger’d on the lawn ’ by Tennyson and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which social conventions are presented in ‘ Died...’ 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 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

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Explore the ways in which vanity is presented in Some ladies dress in muslin full and white and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which hardship is presented in Up-Hill 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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The Great Modern Poets, editor Michael Schmidt

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Explore the ways in which relationships are presented in Mending Wall by Robert Frost and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which the art and culture of the past are used in The Shield of Achilles by W H Auden 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

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Explore the ways in which time is presented in Rhapsody on a Windy Night and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which Eliot creates character in Portrait of a Lady 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

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Explore the ways in which the past is presented in Photograph of Haymaker, 1890 by Molly Holden and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which the outsider’s view is presented in Horror Comic by Robert Conquest 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

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

Explore the ways in which happiness is presented in Wedding-Wind and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors