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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Thursday 16 May 2024
Morning (Time: 2 hours) Paper
reference 8ET0/01
English Literature
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 1: Poetry and Drama
You must have: Total Marks
Prescribed texts (clean copies)
Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
• Answer one question in Section A and one question in Section B on your
chosen texts.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 72.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
•• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
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, SECTION A
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)
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)
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, List of prescribed poems
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Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002–2011
(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
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
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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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Thursday 16 May 2024
Morning (Time: 2 hours) Paper
reference 8ET0/01
English Literature
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 1: Poetry and Drama
You must have: Total Marks
Prescribed texts (clean copies)
Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
• Answer one question in Section A and one question in Section B on your
chosen texts.
• Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 72.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
Advice
•• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Turn over
P72916RA
©2024 Pearson Education Ltd.
F:1/1/1/1/1/
*P72916RA0128*
, SECTION A
Poetry
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA 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)
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)
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, List of prescribed poems
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Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002–2011
(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
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
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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