English Romantic Verse (David Wright)

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.

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English Romantic Verse, editor David Wright

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Explore the ways in which the passage of time is presented in Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey by Wordsworth and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Explore the ways in which seasons are portrayed in ‘The cold earth slept below’ by Shelley 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 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 13.

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English Romantic Verse, editor David Wright

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Explore the ways in which attitudes to ageing are presented in So We’ll Go no more A Roving by Lord Byron and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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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.

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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 11.

The Romantics

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English Romantic Verse, editor David Wright

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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 9.

The Romantics

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English Romantic Verse, editor David Wright

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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.

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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 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 nature is presented in Wordsworth’s Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Explore the ways in which the individual is presented in Shelley’s Stanzas Written in Dejection, near Naples 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.

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 death is presented in ‘The cold earth slept below’ by Shelley and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which childhood is presented in Wordsworth’s Ode: Intimations of Immortality 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 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.

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English Romantic Verse, editor David Wright

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Explore the ways in which the natural world is portrayed in Lines Written in Early Spring by William Wordsworth and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.