Edexcel GCSE English Literature Paper 2P June 2022 question paper

1 Re-read One Flesh. Choose one other poem from the Relationships anthology.

Compare how changes in relationships are presented in the two poems.

In your answer, you should consider the:

• poets’ use of language, form and structure

• influence of the contexts in which the poems were written.

The poems you have studied are:

La Belle Dame Sans Merci – John Keats

A Child to his Sick Grandfather – Joanna Baillie

She Walks in Beauty – Lord Byron

A Complaint – William Wordsworth

Neutral Tones – Thomas Hardy

Sonnet 43 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning

My Last Duchess – Robert Browning

1st Date – She and 1st Date – He – Wendy Cope

Valentine – Carol Ann Duffy

One Flesh – Elizabeth Jennings

i wanna be yours – John Cooper Clarke

Love’s Dog – Jen Hadfield

Nettles – Vernon Scannell

The Manhunt – Simon Armitage

My Father Would Not Show Us – Ingrid de Kok

2 Re-read No Problem. Choose one other poem from the Conflict anthology.

Compare how a problem is presented in the two poems.

In your answer, you should consider the:

• poets’ use of language, form and structure

• influence of the contexts in which the poems were written.

The poems you have studied are:

A Poison Tree – William Blake

The Destruction of Sennacherib – Lord Byron

Extract from The Prelude – William Wordsworth

The Man He Killed – Thomas Hardy

Cousin Kate – Christina Rossetti

Half-caste – Jon Agard

Exposure – Wilfred Owen

The Charge of the Light Brigade – Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Catrin – Gillian Clarke

War Photographer – Carole Satyamurti

Belfast Confetti – Ciaran Carson

The Class Game – Mary Casey

Poppies – Jane Weir

No Problem – Benjamin Zephaniah

What Were They Like? – Denise Levertov

3 Re-read Stewart Island. Choose one other poem from the Time and Place anthology.

Compare how personal experiences are presented in the two poems.

In your answer, you should consider the:

• poets’ use of language, form and structure

• influence of the contexts in which the poems were written.

The poems you have studied are:

To Autumn – John Keats

Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802 – William Wordsworth

London – William Blake

I started Early – Took my Dog – Emily Dickinson

Where the Picnic was – Thomas Hardy

Adlestrop – Edward Thomas

Home Thoughts from Abroad – Robert Browning

First Flight – U A Fanthorpe

Stewart Island – Fleur Adcock

Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan – Moniza Alvi

Hurricane Hits England – Grace Nichols

Nothing’s Changed – Tatamkhulu Afrika

Postcard from a Travel Snob – Sophie Hannah

In Romney Marsh – John Davidson

Absence – Elizabeth Jennings

5 Compare the ways the writers present grandmothers in Poem 1: Grannie and Poem 2: Seeing Granny.

In your answer, you should compare:

• the ideas in the poems

• the poets’ use of language

• the poets’ use of form and structure.

Use evidence from the poems to support your comparison.

TOTAL FOR PART 2 = 20 MARKS