2025 Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE English Language and Literature Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 1: Poetry and Drama Combined Question Paper and Marking Scheme
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Thursday 15 May 2025
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Morning (Time: 2 hours) Paper
English Literature
Advanced Subsidiary
PAPER 1: Poetry and Drama
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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.
• chosen one
Answer question in Section A and one question in Section B on your
texts.
• – there mayquestions
Answer the in the spaces provided
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.
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, 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 feelings about the past in
To My Nine-Year-Old Self by Helen Dunmore 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.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
(Total for Question 1 = 24 marks)
OR
2 Compare the ways in which poets present ideas about control in Eat Me by
Patience Agbabi 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
, 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
Page numbers
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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PAPER 1: Poetry and Drama Combined Question Paper and Marking Scheme
Please check the examination details below before entering your candidate information
Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Thursday 15 May 2025
reference
8ET0/01
Morning (Time: 2 hours) Paper
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.
• chosen one
Answer question in Section A and one question in Section B on your
texts.
• – there mayquestions
Answer the in the spaces provided
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
,P77999A
©2025 Pearson Education Ltd.
Y: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 feelings about the past in
To My Nine-Year-Old Self by Helen Dunmore 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.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
(Total for Question 1 = 24 marks)
OR
2 Compare the ways in which poets present ideas about control in Eat Me by
Patience Agbabi 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
, 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
Page numbers
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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