Oxford Cambridge and RSA
GCSE
English Language and Literature
H474/02: The language of poetry and plays
*1356972615*
A Level
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer one question in Section A and one in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 64.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• This document has 20 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
© OCR 2025 [601/4704/0] DC (KAS) 357439/4
OCR is an exempt Charity
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Section A
Poetry: poetic and stylistic analysis
William Blake
Emily Dickinson
Malika Booker
Fatima Asghar
Carol Ann Duffy
Jacob Sam-La Rose
Answer one question from this section.
You should spend about one hour on this section.
, 2
1 William Blake
Explore how Blake presents attitudes towards Christian beliefs in ‘The Divine Image
(I)’ and make connections with one or two other poems from your collection.
You should consider Blake’s use of poetic and stylistic techniques and significant
literary or other relevant contexts.
The Divine Image
To Mercy Pity
Peace and Love,
All pray in their
distress: And to
these virtues of
delight Return their
thankfulness.
For Mercy Pity Peace and Love,
Is God our father dear,
And Mercy Pity Peace
and Love, Is Man his
child and care.
For Mercy has a
human heart Pity, a
human face:
And Love, the human
form divine, And Peace,
the human dress.
Then every man of every clime,
That prays in his distress,
Prays to the human
form divine Love Mercy
Pity Peace.
And all must love the
human form, In
heathen, turk or jew.
Where Mercy, Love, and
Pity dwell There God is
dwelling too.
2 Emily Dickinson
Explore how Dickinson presents ideas created by a memorable sight in ‘I Like to See
it Lap the Miles’ and make connections with one or two other poems from your
collection.
You should consider Dickinson’s use of poetic and stylistic techniques and significant
literary or other relevant contexts.
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I like to see it lap
the Miles And lick
the Valleys up - And
stop to feed itself at
Tanks - And then -
prodigious step
Around a Pile of
Mountains - And
supercilious peer
In Shanties - by the Ribs of Roads -
And then a Quarry pare
To fit its sides
And crawl between
Complaining all the while
In horrid - hooting
stanza - Then
chase itself down
Hill -
And neigh like Boanerges -
Then - punctual as a Star
Stop - docile and omnipotent
At its own stable door -
3 Malika Booker
Explore how Booker presents ideas about food and family relationships in ‘Brixton
Market’ and make connections with one or two other poems from your collection.
You should consider Booker’s use of poetic and stylistic techniques and significant
literary or other relevant contexts.
Brixton Market
I would stand at market stalls and
watch her take days to pick, how
she would test the okra, bending
their tips, placing only the ones
that snapped into a brown paper
bag; the way she scrutinised the
yam, feeling and weighing it in her
palm; plantains picked one by one
like an artist selecting her tools.
Flawed produce would
be haggled to the last,
and sometimes she
would turn her back
and walk to make her
point and get her way.
I pulled that shopping
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trolley into the stench
of meat shops, waiting
as she pointed to red
slabs she wanted.
How many times
would she point and
weigh to change her
mind!
I would stare at the goose-
bumped boiling chicken
hanging from ceiling, the
cow-foot, and severed pig
tails. I tried to hold my
breath at the fish stall as
she chose the kippers, and
we waited for the snapper to
be cleaned.
At Kwik Save, each can of
baked beans was vetted for
dents, each egg delicately
lifted, searched for cracks.
I would learn that this is how my
grandmother taught her, kneeling in
the bush uprooting dasheen on the
family land. She, too, hawk-eyed,
tested each provision to know what
was ripe, ready and good to cook.
4 Fatima Asghar
Explore how Asghar presents ideas about being separated from loved ones in
‘Partition (Ullu partitions the apartment in two-)’ and make connections with one or
two other poems from your collection.
You should consider Asghar’s use of poetic and stylistic techniques and significant
literary or other relevant contexts.
Partition
Ullu partitions the apartment
in two– a thin blue wall
cutting the deserted hall.
Toys & books on our side,
refrigerator, sink & TV with our Auntie A.
She sends us rations throughout the day & we
stay separate, not allowed to cross. I’m ten
& haven’t been hugged in a long time.
Allah made a barrier between me &
my mom. Ullu makes a barrier
between me & my aunt.
When he leaves we sit at the base of the blue wall
& I laugh loud so Auntie A knows
© OCR 2025 H474/02 Jun25
GCSE
English Language and Literature
H474/02: The language of poetry and plays
*1356972615*
A Level
INSTRUCTIONS
• Use black ink.
• Write your answer to each question in the Answer Booklet. The question numbers must
be clearly shown.
• Fill in the boxes on the front of the Answer Booklet.
• Answer one question in Section A and one in Section B.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 64.
• The marks for each question are shown in brackets [ ].
• This document has 20 pages.
ADVICE
• Read each question carefully before you start your answer.
© OCR 2025 [601/4704/0] DC (KAS) 357439/4
OCR is an exempt Charity
Turn over
Section A
Poetry: poetic and stylistic analysis
William Blake
Emily Dickinson
Malika Booker
Fatima Asghar
Carol Ann Duffy
Jacob Sam-La Rose
Answer one question from this section.
You should spend about one hour on this section.
, 2
1 William Blake
Explore how Blake presents attitudes towards Christian beliefs in ‘The Divine Image
(I)’ and make connections with one or two other poems from your collection.
You should consider Blake’s use of poetic and stylistic techniques and significant
literary or other relevant contexts.
The Divine Image
To Mercy Pity
Peace and Love,
All pray in their
distress: And to
these virtues of
delight Return their
thankfulness.
For Mercy Pity Peace and Love,
Is God our father dear,
And Mercy Pity Peace
and Love, Is Man his
child and care.
For Mercy has a
human heart Pity, a
human face:
And Love, the human
form divine, And Peace,
the human dress.
Then every man of every clime,
That prays in his distress,
Prays to the human
form divine Love Mercy
Pity Peace.
And all must love the
human form, In
heathen, turk or jew.
Where Mercy, Love, and
Pity dwell There God is
dwelling too.
2 Emily Dickinson
Explore how Dickinson presents ideas created by a memorable sight in ‘I Like to See
it Lap the Miles’ and make connections with one or two other poems from your
collection.
You should consider Dickinson’s use of poetic and stylistic techniques and significant
literary or other relevant contexts.
© OCR 2025 H474/02 Jun25
, 3
I like to see it lap
the Miles And lick
the Valleys up - And
stop to feed itself at
Tanks - And then -
prodigious step
Around a Pile of
Mountains - And
supercilious peer
In Shanties - by the Ribs of Roads -
And then a Quarry pare
To fit its sides
And crawl between
Complaining all the while
In horrid - hooting
stanza - Then
chase itself down
Hill -
And neigh like Boanerges -
Then - punctual as a Star
Stop - docile and omnipotent
At its own stable door -
3 Malika Booker
Explore how Booker presents ideas about food and family relationships in ‘Brixton
Market’ and make connections with one or two other poems from your collection.
You should consider Booker’s use of poetic and stylistic techniques and significant
literary or other relevant contexts.
Brixton Market
I would stand at market stalls and
watch her take days to pick, how
she would test the okra, bending
their tips, placing only the ones
that snapped into a brown paper
bag; the way she scrutinised the
yam, feeling and weighing it in her
palm; plantains picked one by one
like an artist selecting her tools.
Flawed produce would
be haggled to the last,
and sometimes she
would turn her back
and walk to make her
point and get her way.
I pulled that shopping
© OCR 2025 H474/02 Jun25 Turn over
, 4
trolley into the stench
of meat shops, waiting
as she pointed to red
slabs she wanted.
How many times
would she point and
weigh to change her
mind!
I would stare at the goose-
bumped boiling chicken
hanging from ceiling, the
cow-foot, and severed pig
tails. I tried to hold my
breath at the fish stall as
she chose the kippers, and
we waited for the snapper to
be cleaned.
At Kwik Save, each can of
baked beans was vetted for
dents, each egg delicately
lifted, searched for cracks.
I would learn that this is how my
grandmother taught her, kneeling in
the bush uprooting dasheen on the
family land. She, too, hawk-eyed,
tested each provision to know what
was ripe, ready and good to cook.
4 Fatima Asghar
Explore how Asghar presents ideas about being separated from loved ones in
‘Partition (Ullu partitions the apartment in two-)’ and make connections with one or
two other poems from your collection.
You should consider Asghar’s use of poetic and stylistic techniques and significant
literary or other relevant contexts.
Partition
Ullu partitions the apartment
in two– a thin blue wall
cutting the deserted hall.
Toys & books on our side,
refrigerator, sink & TV with our Auntie A.
She sends us rations throughout the day & we
stay separate, not allowed to cross. I’m ten
& haven’t been hugged in a long time.
Allah made a barrier between me &
my mom. Ullu makes a barrier
between me & my aunt.
When he leaves we sit at the base of the blue wall
& I laugh loud so Auntie A knows
© OCR 2025 H474/02 Jun25
