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Unseen poetry questions

TopicUnseen poetry

Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2025, Question 12 20 marks

12 Compare the ways the writers present fireworks in Poem 1: After the Fireworks and Poem 2: Fireworks.

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.

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Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2024, Question 12 20 marks

12 Compare the ways the writers present photographs in Poem 1: Not Yet My Mother and Poem 2: On Finding an Old Photograph.

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.

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Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2023, Question 12 20 marks

12 Compare the ways the writers present growing older in Poem 1: Warning and Poem 2: Pushing Forty.

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.

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Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 November 2020, Question 11 20 marks

11 Compare the ways the writers present their thoughts about the weather in Poem 1: Storm and Poem 2: Wind.

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.

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Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2019, Question 11 20 marks

11 Compare the ways the writers present their thoughts about shopping in Poem 1: Childhood memories – Shopping in the 1940s and Poem 2: Shopping.

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.

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Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2018, Question 11 20 marks

11 Compare the ways the writers present the month of May in Poem 1: The Month of May and Poem 2: British Weather.

• the poets’ use of language

• the poets’ use of form and structure.

Use evidence from the poems to support your comparison.

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Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2017, Question 11 20 marks

11 Compare the ways the writers present cats in Poem 1: Cat and Poem 2: Cats.

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.

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Edexcel 1ET0 Unseen poetry 7 questions

Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2025, Question 12 Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 · June 2025 · Question 12 20 marks

Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2024, Question 12 Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 · June 2024 · Question 12 20 marks

Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2023, Question 12 Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 · June 2023 · Question 12 20 marks

Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 November 2020, Question 11 Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 · November 2020 · Question 11 20 marks

Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2019, Question 11 Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 · June 2019 · Question 11 20 marks

Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2018, Question 11 Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 · June 2018 · Question 11 20 marks

Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2017, Question 11 Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 · June 2017 · Question 11 20 marks

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Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2025, Question 12 20 marks

Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2024, Question 12 20 marks

Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2023, Question 12 20 marks

Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 November 2020, Question 11 20 marks

Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2019, Question 11 20 marks

Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2018, Question 11 20 marks

Component 2: 19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789 June 2017, Question 11 20 marks