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Christina Rossetti Selected Poems

18 questions · 540 marks · about 20.5 hours

Christina Rossetti Selected Poems questions

Edexcel 9ET0 Christina Rossetti Selected Poems 18 questions

Component 3: Poetry June 2025, Question 17 30 marks

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.

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 desire in Babylon the Great and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Component 3: Poetry June 2025, Question 18 30 marks

Explore the ways in which Rossetti presents hope in As froth on the face of the deep and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Component 3: Poetry June 2024, Question 17 30 marks

Answer ONE question on your chosen text. Begin your answer on page 26.

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.

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 loss in Twice and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

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Component 3: Poetry June 2024, Question 18 30 marks

Explore the ways in which Rossetti presents the passing of time in Piteous my rhyme is and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Component 3: Poetry June 2023, Question 17 30 marks

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.

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Component 3: Poetry June 2023, Question 18 30 marks

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.

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Component 3: Poetry June 2022, Question 17 30 marks

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

Prescribed text

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.

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Component 3: Poetry June 2022, Question 18 30 marks

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.

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Component 3: Poetry November 2021, Question 17 30 marks

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

Prescribed text

Christina Rossetti Selected Poems, editor Dinah Roe

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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

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Component 3: Poetry November 2021, Question 18 30 marks

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.

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Component 3: Poetry November 2020, Question 17 30 marks

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

Prescribed text

Christina Rossetti Selected Poems, editor Dinah Roe

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Explore the ways in which Christina Rossetti presents the role of women in ‘ A Helpmeet for Him’ and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

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Component 3: Poetry November 2020, Question 18 30 marks

Explore the ways in which Christina Rossetti presents love in Echo and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Component 3: Poetry June 2019, Question 17 30 marks

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

Prescribed text

Christina Rossetti Selected Poems, editor Dinah Roe

EITHER

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.

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Component 3: Poetry June 2019, Question 18 30 marks

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.

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Component 3: Poetry June 2018, Question 17 30 marks

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

Prescribed text

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

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Component 3: Poetry June 2018, Question 18 30 marks

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.

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Component 3: Poetry June 2017, Question 17 30 marks

Answer ONE question on your chosen text. Begin your answer on page 23.

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 6 to 18.

Victorian Poet: Christina Rossetti

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Christina Rossetti Selected Poems, editor Dinah Roe

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

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Component 3: Poetry June 2017, Question 18 30 marks

Explore the ways in which Rossetti makes use of the natural world in An Apple –Gathering and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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