The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse

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 12 to 13.

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Explore the ways in which the landscape is presented in Drummer Hodge by Thomas Hardy and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Explore the ways in which poets portray powerful emotions in The Best Thing in the World by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 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 pages 15–16.

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Explore the ways in which poets present yearning in Maud: I.xi ‘O let the solid ground’ by Alfred Tennyson and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Explore the ways in which poets present the significance of journeys in Stanzas – [ ‘Often rebuked, yet always back returning’ ] by Charlotte Brontë (perhaps by Emily Brontë) 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.

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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 pages 13 to 14.

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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 pages 11 to 12.

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The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse, editor Christopher Ricks

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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 pages 13 to 14.

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The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse, editor Christopher Ricks

EITHER

Explore the ways in which poets create narrative in A Wife in London by Thomas Hardy and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which seasons are presented in Home Thoughts from Abroad 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 pages 11 to 12.

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The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse, editor Christopher Ricks

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Explore the ways in which poets make use of the senses in From In Memoriam: XCV ‘By night we linger’d on the lawn ’ by Tennyson and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which social conventions are presented in ‘ Died...’ by Elizabeth Barrett 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 pages 11 to 12.

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The New Oxford Book of Victorian Verse, editor Christopher Ricks

EITHER

Explore the ways in which night is presented in ‘The Autumn day its course has run–the Autumn evening falls’ by Charlotte Brontë and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which memories are presented in from Maud: II.iv ‘ O that ’twere possible’ by Tennyson and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which the past is presented in R Alcona to J Brenzaida by Emily Bront 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 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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Explore the ways in which the natural world is presented in The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which intense feeling is presented in Grief by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.