Pearson Edexcel AS Level GCE Advance Subsidiary In English
Literature (8ET0) Paper 1: Poetry and Drama QP & MS June 2024
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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Thursday 16 May 2024 8ET0/01
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English Literature
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 1: Poetry and Drama
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Poetry
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Answer ONE question.
Begin your answer on page 4.
EITHER
1 Compare the ways in which poets present ideas about the modern world in Please
Hold by Ciaran O’Driscoll and one other poem of your choice from Poems of the
Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002–2011.
In your answer you should consider the following:
• the poets’ development of themes
• the poets’ use of language and imagery
• the use of other poetic techniques.
(Total for Question 1 = 24 marks)
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2 Compare the ways in which poets present ideas about gender in Chainsaw Versus the
Pampas Grass by Simon Armitage and one other poem of your choice from Poems of
the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002–2011.
In your answer you should consider the following:
• the poets’ development of themes
• the poets’ use of language and imagery
• the use of other poetic techniques.
(Total for Question 2 = 24 marks)
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, List of prescribed poems
Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002–2011
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(Faber and Faber, 2015) ISBN 978-0571325405 / ISBN 978-0571281732
Pages
Poem title Poet
New edition Old edition
Eat Me Patience Agbabi 3 13
Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass Simon Armitage 6 16
Material Ros Barber 10 20
History John Burnside 25 35
An Easy Passage Julia Copus 37 47
The Deliverer Tishani Doshi 43 53
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The Lammas Hireling Ian Duhig 51 61
To My Nine-Year-Old Self Helen Dunmore 52 62
A Minor Role U A Fanthorpe 57 67
The Gun Vicki Feaver 62 72
The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled Leontia Flynn 64 74
Giuseppe Roderick Ford 66 76
Out of the Bag Seamus Heaney 81 91
Effects Alan Jenkins 92 102
Genetics Sinéad Morrissey 125 135
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From the Journal of a Disappointed Man Andrew Motion 127 137
Look We Have Coming to Dover Daljit Nagra 129 139
Please Hold Ciaran O’Driscoll 132 142
On Her Blindness Adam Thorpe 170 180
Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn Tim Turnbull 172 182
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Literature (8ET0) Paper 1: Poetry and Drama QP & MS June 2024
, Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Thursday 16 May 2024 8ET0/01
reference
Paper
Morning (Time: 2 hours) 8ET0/01
English Literature
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 1: Poetry and Drama
Turn over
P72916RA
©2024 Pearson Education Ltd.
F:1/1/1/1/1/
, SECTION A
Poetry
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Answer ONE question.
Begin your answer on page 4.
EITHER
1 Compare the ways in which poets present ideas about the modern world in Please
Hold by Ciaran O’Driscoll and one other poem of your choice from Poems of the
Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002–2011.
In your answer you should consider the following:
• the poets’ development of themes
• the poets’ use of language and imagery
• the use of other poetic techniques.
(Total for Question 1 = 24 marks)
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
OR
2 Compare the ways in which poets present ideas about gender in Chainsaw Versus the
Pampas Grass by Simon Armitage and one other poem of your choice from Poems of
the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002–2011.
In your answer you should consider the following:
• the poets’ development of themes
• the poets’ use of language and imagery
• the use of other poetic techniques.
(Total for Question 2 = 24 marks)
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
2
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, List of prescribed poems
Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002–2011
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
(Faber and Faber, 2015) ISBN 978-0571325405 / ISBN 978-0571281732
Pages
Poem title Poet
New edition Old edition
Eat Me Patience Agbabi 3 13
Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass Simon Armitage 6 16
Material Ros Barber 10 20
History John Burnside 25 35
An Easy Passage Julia Copus 37 47
The Deliverer Tishani Doshi 43 53
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
The Lammas Hireling Ian Duhig 51 61
To My Nine-Year-Old Self Helen Dunmore 52 62
A Minor Role U A Fanthorpe 57 67
The Gun Vicki Feaver 62 72
The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled Leontia Flynn 64 74
Giuseppe Roderick Ford 66 76
Out of the Bag Seamus Heaney 81 91
Effects Alan Jenkins 92 102
Genetics Sinéad Morrissey 125 135
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
From the Journal of a Disappointed Man Andrew Motion 127 137
Look We Have Coming to Dover Daljit Nagra 129 139
Please Hold Ciaran O’Driscoll 132 142
On Her Blindness Adam Thorpe 170 180
Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn Tim Turnbull 172 182
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