Edexcel A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry June 2023 question paper 9ET0/03

Read the poem Now We Are Things Invisible by Vahni Capildeo on page 3 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem The Gun by Vicki Feaver (on page 6).

Compare the ways both poets present transformations.

Explore the presentation of craft skills 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 : The Crucifixion (York) lines 97–156 or Happé : The Crucifixion (York) stanzas 9–13

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

You must select an extract 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 the ways in which Chaucer presents the war between the sexes in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, by referring to lines 788-828 and one other extract of similar length. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which Chaucer retains the reader’s interest in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale, by referring to lines 163-193 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

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Explore the ways in which pleasure is presented in The Collar by George Herbert and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which poets use persuasion in The Flea 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 Donne combines learning and devotion in Hymn to God my God, in my Sickness and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which Donne presents mourning in A Nocturnal upon St Lucy’s Day, Being the Shortest Day 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

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Explore the ways in which the power of the creative mind is portrayed in Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which poets present innocence in Songs of Innocence: Holy Thursday by William Blake 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 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 strong feelings in On Sitting Down to Read King Lear Once Again and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which Keats presents the power of poetry in Ode to a Nightingale 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 pages 13 and 14.

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 present the role of women in From Sonnets from the Portuguese XXIV: ‘Let the world’s sharpness, like a closing knife’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which poets present the passage of time in ‘ I Look into My Glass ’ by Thomas Hardy 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 15.

Victorian Poet: Christina Rossetti

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Christina Rossetti Selected Poems, editor Dinah Roe

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Explore the ways in which Rossetti presents self-denial in Memory and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which Rossetti presents guilt in What Would I Give? 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 16.

Modernism

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The Great Modern Poets, editor Michael Schmidt

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Explore the ways in which poets present indecision in Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which contradictions are used in what if a much of a which of a wind by e e cummings 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 17.

Modernist Poet: T S Eliot

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T S Eliot: Selected Poems

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Explore the ways in which Eliot presents death in The Hollow Men and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which Eliot makes use of a deliberately fragmented style in What the Thunder Said (The Waste Land V) 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 18.

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 cruelty is presented in Take One Home for the Kiddies by Philip Larkin and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which relations between humans and animals are presented in The Wasps’ Nest by George Macbeth 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 19.

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 change in Coming and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which Larkin presents the inner life in If, My Darling and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.