Selected Poems: John Keats

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.

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 suffering in To Sleep and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Explore the ways in which Keats presents change in ‘In drear-nighted December’ and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which melancholy is presented in Ode on Melancholy by John Keats 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 14.

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 the power of nature in On the Sea and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Explore the ways in which Keats presents desire in The Eve of St Agnes 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 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 solitude in ‘O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell’ and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which Keats uses the sonnet form in ‘Bright Star! would I were steadfast as thou art’ 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 page 12.

Romantic Poet: John Keats

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Selected Poems: John Keats, editor John Barnard

EITHER

Explore the ways in which Keats presents transience in The Eve of St Agnes and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

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Explore the ways in which Keats makes use of dreams and visions in Ode to Psyche and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which personal reflection is presented in Sonnet on the Sea by Keats 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

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Explore the ways in which Keats presents the prospect of death in ‘ When I have fears that I may cease to be ’ and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which the power of imagination is presented in On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer 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 how John Keats makes use of escapism in Ode to a Nightingale and in one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

OR

Explore the ways in which Keats presents the past in Ode on a Grecian Urn 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.

Romantic Poet: John Keats

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Selected Poems: John Keats, editor John Barnard

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Explore John Keats’ portrayal of emotional pain in Ode on Melancholy and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.

Explore the ways in which romantic love is presented in Isabella: or, The Pot of Basil and one other poem. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.