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Unseen poetry

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Unseen poetry questions

TopicUnseen poetry

AQA 8702 Unseen poetry 9 questions

Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry June 2025, Question 28 32 marks

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2 8. 1 In ‘Table’, how does the poet present feelings about home and family?

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2 8. 2 In both ‘Like a Beacon’ and ‘Table’ the speakers describe feelings about home and family.

What are the similarities and/or differences between the methods the poets use to present these feelings?

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Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry June 2024, Question 27 32 marks

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2 7. 1 In ‘The washing never gets done’, how does the poet present ideas about daily life and connecting with the natural world?

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2 7. 2 In both ‘A Day in Autumn’ and ‘The washing never gets done’, the poets present ideas about daily life and connecting with the natural world.

What are the similarities and/or differences between the methods the poets use to present these ideas?

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Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry June 2023, Question 27 32 marks

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2 7. 1 In ‘Scaffolding’, how does the poet present the speaker’s feelings about their relationship?

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2 7. 2 In both ‘Yours’ and ‘Scaffolding’, the speakers describe their feelings about the strength of romantic relationships.

What are the similarities and/or differences between the methods the poets use to present these feelings?

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Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry June 2022, Question 7 36 marks

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0 7. 1 In ‘Shoulders’, how does the poet present ideas about the importance of protecting and taking care of each other?

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0 7. 2 In both ‘Choices’ and ‘Shoulders’ the poets present ideas about protecting and taking care of things around us.

What are the similarities and/or differences between the methods the poets use to present these ideas?

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Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry November 2021, Question 7 36 marks

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0 7. 1 In ‘A London Thoroughfare. 2 A.M.’ how does the poet present the speaker’s feelings about the city at night?

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0 7. 2 In both ‘November Night, Edinburgh’ and ‘A London Thoroughfare. 2 A.M.’ the speakers describe attitudes towards the city at night.

What are the similarities and/or differences between the methods the poets use to present these attitudes?

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Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry November 2020, Question 27 32 marks

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2 7. 1 In ‘I Am Offering this Poem’, how does the poet present the speaker’s feelings about love?

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2 7. 2 In both ‘The sun has burst the sky’ and ‘I Am Offering this Poem’ the speakers describe their feelings about love.

What are the similarities and/or differences between the methods the poets use to present these feelings?

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Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry June 2019, Question 27 32 marks

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2 7. 1 In ‘The Richest Poor Man in the Valley’, how does the poet present ideas about living a happy and contented life?

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2 7. 2 In both ‘Nobody’ and ‘The Richest Poor Man in the Valley’ the poets describe ideas about how to live your life.

What are the similarities and/or differences between the methods the poets use to present these ideas?

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Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry June 2018, Question 27 32 marks

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2 7. 1 In ‘On Aging’ how does the poet present the speaker’s attitudes to growing old?

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2 7. 2 In both ‘Jessie Emily Schofield’ and ‘On Aging’ the speakers describe their attitudes to the effects of growing old.

What are the similarities and/or differences between the ways the poets present these attitudes?

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Paper 2: Modern texts and poetry June 2017, Question 27 32 marks

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fraction In ‘Autumn’, how does the poet present the effects of the season of autumn?

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2 7. fraction In both ‘Today’ and ‘Autumn’ the speakers describe attitudes towards the

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