Edexcel A Level English Literature Paper 3: Poetry November 2021 question paper 9ET0/03

Read the poem Map by Helen Tookey on page 2 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled by Leontia Flynn (on page 4).

Compare the methods both poets use to explore personal reflections.

Explore the ways dramatic contrasts are used in the extract specified below and in one other passage 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 37–84 or Happé: The Crucifixion (York) stanzas 4–7

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

EITHER

Explore Chaucer’s presentation of argument in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale by referring to lines 688–720 and one other extract of similar length. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which Chaucer presents ‘gentillesse’ in The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and Tale by referring to lines 1109–1138 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 desire is presented in Elegy: To his Mistress Going to Bed by John Donne and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which poets use imagery in Unprofitableness by Henry Vaughan 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 combines earthly and heavenly love in The Anniversary and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which Donne presents women in Song (‘Go and catch a falling star’) 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

EITHER

Explore the ways in which poets use imagery in The Sick Rose by William Blake and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways attitudes to life are presented in Byron’s Lines Inscribed upon a Cup Formed from a Skull 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 the ways in which Keats presents beauty in Ode on Melancholy and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which Keats uses sensuous imagery in To Autumn 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 longing is presented in Somewhere or Other by Christina Rossetti and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which the supernatural is presented in The Visionary by Emily Brontë and Charlotte Brontë 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 happiness is presented in A Birthday and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which the afterlife is used in Our Mothers, lovely women pitiful 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 poets create a narrative voice in The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T S Eliot and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which the natural world is presented in To a Snail by Marianne Moore 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 cruelty is presented in The Burial of the Dead (The Waste Land I) and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which Eliot tells a story in The Journey of the Magi 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 in which significant moments are presented in The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which victims are presented in A Song about Major Eatherly by John Wain 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 relationships are presented in Latest Face and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which lost opportunities are presented in Triple Time and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.