Edexcel A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry June 2022 question paper 9ET0/03

Read the poem On the New Bypass by Jane Commane on page 3 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem An Easy Passage by Julia Copus (on page 6 of the Source Booklet).

Compare the methods both poets use to explore change.

Explore the presentation of character in the extract 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 217–252 or Happé : Noah (Chester) stanzas 28–32

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.

Medieval Poet: Geoffrey Chaucer

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

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Explore Chaucer’s use of satire in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, by referring to lines 371–412 and one other extract of similar length. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which morality is presented in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, by referring to lines 1219–1264 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 9.

The Metaphysical Poets

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Metaphysical Poetry, editor Colin Burrow

EITHER

Explore the ways in which contrasts are used in The Definition of Love by Andrew Marvell and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which guilt is portrayed in A Hymn to God the Father by John Donne 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 10.

Metaphysical Poet: John Donne

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John Donne Selected Poems

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Explore the ways in which redemption is portrayed in Goodfriday, 1613. Riding Westward and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which Donne attempts to resolve contradictions in Twicknam Garden 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 11.

The Romantics

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English Romantic Verse, editor David Wright

EITHER

Explore the ways in which suffering is presented in Songs of Experience: London by William Blake and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which the poet’s vision is presented in Ode to the West Wind by Shelley 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 12.

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 solitude in ‘O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell’ and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which Keats uses the sonnet form in ‘Bright Star! would I were steadfast as thou art’ 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 13 to 14.

The Victorians

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The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse, editor Christopher Ricks

Explore the ways in which grief is presented in From In Memoriam: VII ‘Dark house, by which once more I stand’ by Tennyson and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which love is presented in Meeting at Night by Robert 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 15.

Victorian Poet: Christina Rossetti

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Christina Rossetti Selected Poems, editor Dinah Roe

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

Explore the ways in which Rossetti uses contrast in Goblin Market 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.

Modernism

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Great Modern Poets, editor Michael Schmidt

Explore the ways in which beauty is presented in The Fawn by Edna St Vincent Millay and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which suffering is presented in Musée des Beaux Arts 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 17.

Modernist Poet: T S Eliot

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T S Eliot: Selected Poems

Explore the ways in which Eliot presents sexual relationships in Whispers of Immortality and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which futility is presented in Gerontion 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 18.

The Movement

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

Explore the ways in which moments of transition are presented in Farewell to Kurdistan by Rosemary Tonks and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which death is presented in Felo De Se by Thomas Blackburn 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 19.

The Movement Poet: Philip Larkin

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The Less Deceived, Philip Larkin

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

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