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English Literature
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UNIT 3: Poetry and Prose
Summer 2026
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, SECTION A
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Post-1900 Unseen Poetry
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
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Read the poem on page 2 of the Source Booklet. Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s
Write your answer in the space provided. largest awarding body. We provide a wide range of qualifications
including academic, vocational, occupational and specific
1 Write a commentary on the poem Boy Running by Paul Henry. programmes for employers. For further information visit our
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• the poet’s development of themes
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• the poet’s use of language and imagery
• the use of other poetic techniques.
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Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
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Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help
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everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of
learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been
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involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in
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high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find
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out more about how we can help you and your students at:
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, General Marking Guidance
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• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the
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first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last.
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• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded
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for what they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their
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perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
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used appropriately.
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• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners
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mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the
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candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
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• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles
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by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme
to a candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted.
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with an alternative response.
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Specific Marking Guidance
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When deciding how to reward an answer, examiners should consult both
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the indicative content and the associated marking grid(s). When using a
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levels-based mark scheme, the ‘best fit’ approach should be used.
• Examiners should first decide which descriptor most closely
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matches the answer and place it in that level.
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• The mark awarded within the level will be decided based on the
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quality of the answer and will be modified according to how
securely all bullet points are displayed at that level.
Indicative content is exactly that – they are factual points that
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• It is possible for an answer to be constructed without mentioning
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some or all of these points, as long as they provide alternative
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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level
Friday 29 May 2026
Morning (Time: 2 hours) Paper
reference WET03/01 Mark Scheme (Results)
English Literature
International Advanced Level
UNIT 3: Poetry and Prose
Summer 2026
You must have: Total Marks
Source Booklet (enclosed)
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 the question in Section A and one question from Section B.
Answer the questions in the spaces provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• Plan your answers in the spaces provided. Plans will not be marked unless no other
response is provided.
Pearson Edexcel International Advanced Level
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 50.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets
in English Literature (WET03)
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
UNIT 3: Poetry and Prose
Advice
•• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Check your answers if you have time at the end.
Turn over
P79502APearson Education Ltd.
P:1/1/1/1/1/1/
*P79502A0128*
, SECTION A
Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Post-1900 Unseen Poetry
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Read the poem on page 2 of the Source Booklet. Edexcel and BTEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK’s
Write your answer in the space provided. largest awarding body. We provide a wide range of qualifications
including academic, vocational, occupational and specific
1 Write a commentary on the poem Boy Running by Paul Henry. programmes for employers. For further information visit our
In your answer, you should consider: qualifications websites at or .
Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our
• the poet’s development of themes
contact us page at
• the poet’s use of language and imagery
• the use of other poetic techniques.
(20)
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Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
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Pearson aspires to be the world’s leading learning company. Our aim is to help
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everyone progress in their lives through education. We believe in every kind of
learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they are in the world. We’ve been
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involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70 countries, in
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high standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find
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out more about how we can help you and your students at:
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Question Paper Log Number P79502A
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Publication Code WET03_01_2606_MS
All the material in this publication is
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*P79502A0228*
, General Marking Guidance
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• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must mark the
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DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
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first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the last.
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• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be rewarded
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for what they have shown they can do rather than penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not according to their
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perception of where the grade boundaries may lie.
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used appropriately.
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• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded. Examiners
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mark scheme. Examiners should also be prepared to award zero marks if the
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candidate’s response is not worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
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• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide the principles
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by which marks will be awarded and exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the mark scheme
to a candidate’s response, the team leader must be consulted.
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with an alternative response.
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Specific Marking Guidance
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When deciding how to reward an answer, examiners should consult both
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the indicative content and the associated marking grid(s). When using a
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levels-based mark scheme, the ‘best fit’ approach should be used.
• Examiners should first decide which descriptor most closely
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matches the answer and place it in that level.
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• The mark awarded within the level will be decided based on the
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quality of the answer and will be modified according to how
securely all bullet points are displayed at that level.
Indicative content is exactly that – they are factual points that
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•
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• It is possible for an answer to be constructed without mentioning
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some or all of these points, as long as they provide alternative
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