English Literature Past Paper Questions Poetry Across Time

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1 English Literature Past Paper Questions Poetry Across Time re are Four Parts to Section A of this Paper: Character and Voice Place Conflict Relationships You have to choose ONE of the four parts and then answer ONE of the two questions in this part. DO NOT write about all four parts or answer both questions within a part!!! Examination Papers have been collated by Part and Year. Questions have been analysed by theme and given poem. green highlights shows poems which have been set and the red those which have not been set yet. You might want to focus on the red poems in your revision because these have yet to be set BUT BE WARNED! Farmer s Bride has been set twice for different themes! So this prediction may not be reliable. Your teachers will have focussed on a Poem Cluster from the 4 choices above. DO NOT go outside this cluster, if you have studied the Relationship poems, do them in the examination! re are only so many themes you can ask about a cluster so the trick is. Knowing the themes of the poems in the cluster and what makes a good pairing with given poem on a specific theme. For the red poems, what are the themes? How would you link them in the grids? What poems would you choose to put into the grid alongside the given poem under a theme? An exercise worth doing! Remember Section A is about showing your understanding of how a poet writes, the techniques etc, to get his theme across the reader and this is very formulaic. Section B is then about applying the same formula approach to something you haven t seen before. formula approach is on a separate guide to poetry comparison and tackling the Unseen Poem, all on the school revision website.

2 Character and Voice June 2014 Compare the ways the poets show feelings towards another person in On a Portrait of a Deaf Man and in one other poem from Character and Voice. Compare the ways the poets show how relationships can affect people in Les Grand Seigneurs and in one other poem from Character and Voice. June 2013 Compare the ways the poets explore ideas about control in River God and in one other poem from Character and Voice Compare the methods the poets use to explore a character s sense of identity in Casehistory: Alison (head injury) and in one other poem from Character and Voice January 2013 Compare the methods poets use to present an interesting character in Singh Song and in one other poem from Character and Voice Compare how poets use language to present ideas and feelings in Horse Whisperer and in one other poem from Character and Voice June 2012 Compare how poets use language to explore ideas and feelings in Checking Out Me History and in one other poem from Character and Voice Compare the ways poets present ideas about power in Ozymandias and in one other poem from Character and voice January 2012 Compare the ways poets present ideas about identity in Clown Punk and in one other poem from Charcaters and Voice Compare the ways poets present isolated characters in Hunchback in the Park and in one other poem from Character and Voice

3 June 2011 Compare the ways poets present powerful characters in My Last Duchess and in one other poem from Character and Voice Compare the ways poets present strong emotions in Medusa and in one other character from Character and Voice Character and Voice Poem Grid Poem June 2011 Jan 2012 June 2012 Jan 2013 June 2013 June 2014 Clown Punk Checking Out Me History Horse Whisperer Medusa Singh Song! Brendon Gallacher Give Les Grand Seigneurs Ozymandias My Last Duchess River God Hunchback in the Park Ruined Maid Casehistory: Alison (head injury) On a Portrait of a Deaf Man

4 Character and Voice me and Poem Grid mes Not Assessed June 2011 Jan 2012 June 2012 Jan 2013 June 2013 June 2014 ideas about identity Clown Punk Language to explore ideas and feelings Language to present ideas and feelings strong emotions an interesting character How Relationships can affect people ideas about power Powerful Characters Explore ideas about control isolated characters Explore character s sense of identity Feelings towards another person Brendon Gallacher Give Ruined Maid Medusa My Last Duchess Hunchback in the Park Checking Out Me History Ozymandias Horse Whisperer Singh Song! River God Casehistory: Alison (head injury) Les Grand Seigneurs On a Portrait of a Deaf Man

5 Place June 2014 Compare the ways the poets show how places can cause people to have powerful feelings in Blackbird of Glanmore and in one other poem from Place. Compare the methods the poets use in Cold Knap Lake and in one other poem from Place, to show how places can hold strong memories for people. June 2013 Compare the ways the poets use imagery to explore ideas about change in Wild Swans at Colle and in one other poem from Place Compare the methods the poets use to create a strong sense of place in Crossing the Loch and in one other poem from Place January 2013 Compare how poets present the idea that nature cannot be controlled in Moment and in one other poem from Place Compare the methods poets use to show that places can affect people in Extract from Prelude and in one other poem from Place June 2012 Compare the ways poets show the relationship between people and places in Neighbours and in one other poem from Place Compare the ways poets show attitudes towards particular places in Hard Water and in one other poem from Place January 2012 Compere the ways poets show people s relationships with nature in Below the Green Corrie and in one other poem from Place Compare how poets use language to present ideas in Storm in the Black Forest and in one other poem from Place June 2011 Compare how nature is presented as threatening in Wind and in one other poem in Place Compare the ways poets present feelings about a place in London and in one other from Place

6 Place Poem Grid Poem June 2011 Jan 2012 June 2012 Jan 2013 June 2013 June 2014 Blackbird of Glanmore A Vision Moment Cold Knap Lake Price We Pay for the Sun Neighbours Crossing the Loch Hard Water London Extract from Prelude Wild Swans at Coole Spellbound Below the Green Corrie Storm in the Black Forest Wind

7 Place me and Poem Grid me Not Assessed June 2011 Jan 2012 June 2012 Jan 2013 June 2013 June 2014 Place can cause people to have powerful feelings Blackbird of Glanmore the idea that nature cannot be controlled How places can hold strong memories for people Show the relationship between people and places Create a strong sense of place Show attitudes towards particular places feelings about a place Methods to show that places can affect people Use of imagery to explore ideas about change Show people s relationship with nature Language to present ideas How nature is presented as threatening A Vision Price We Pay for the Sun Spellbound London Wind Below the Green Corrie Storm in the Black Forest Neighbours Hard Water Moment Extract from Prelude Crossing the Loch Wild Swans at Coole Cold Knap Lake

8 Conflict June 2014 Compare the ways the poets demonstrate the effects of conflict on people in Extract from Out of the Blue and in one other poem from Conflict. Compare the ways the poets present feelings of confusion in Come On, Come Back and in one other poem from Conflict June 2013 Compare the ways the poets present ideas about power in Hawk Roosting and in one other poem from Conflict Compare the ways the poets present the destructive impact of conflict in Yellow Palm and in one other poem from Conflict January 2013 Compare the ways poets show how conflict and war affect feelings about a place in At the Border, 1979 and in one other poem from Conflict Compare the methods poets use to present their points of view in next to of course god america i and in one other poem from Conflict June 2012 Compare how poets present the effects of war in Mametz Wood and in one other poem from Conflict Compare how poets present bravery in Charge of the Light Brigade and in one other poem from Conflict January 2012 Compare how poets use language to present strong feelings in Poppies and in one other poem from Conflict Compare how poets show attitudes to war in Futility and in one other poem from Conflict June 2011 Compare how poets present the effects of conflict in Belfast Confetti and in one other poem from Conflict Compare how poets present the experience of soldiers in Bayonet Charge and in one other poem from Conflict

9 Conflict Poem Grid Poem June 2011 Jan 2012 June 2012 Jan 2013 June 2013 June 2014 Flag Extract from Out of the Blue Memetz Wood Yellow Palm Right Word At the Border, 1979 Belfast Confetti Poppies Futility Charge of the Light Brigade Bayonet Charge Falling Leaves Come On, Come Back next to of course god America i Hawk Roosting

10 Demonstrate the effects of conflict on people Conflict me and Poem Grid me Not Assessed June 2011 Jan 2012 June 2012 Jan 2013 June 2013 June 2014 Flag Extract from Out of the Blue the effects of war the destructive impact of conflict Show how conflict and war affect feelings about a place the effects of conflict Language to present strong feelings Show attitudes to war s bravery the experience of soldiers feelings of confusion their points of view ideas about power Right Word Falling Leaves Belfast Confetti Bayonet Charge Poppies Futility Memetz Wood Charge of the Light Brigade At the Border, 1979 next to of course god America i Yellow Palm Hawk Roosting Come On, Come Back

11 Relationships June 2014 Compare the ways the poets use form and structure to help present their ideas in Ghazal and in one other poem from Relationships. Compare the effects the poets create with the endings of their poems in Farmer s Bride and in one other poem from Relationships. June 2013 Compare the methods the poets use to explore ideas about love in Sonnet 116 and in one other poem from Relationships Compare the ways the poets present hopes and wishes in Born Yesterday and in one other poem from Relationships January 2013 Compare the methods poets use to explore ideas about time in Hour and in one other poem from Relationships Compare the methods poets use to present difficult relationships in Farmer s Bride and in one other poem from Relationships June 2012 Compare the ways poets explore strong feelings about another person in Quickdraw and in one other poem from Relationships Compare the ways poets use language to present relationships in Praise Song for My Mother and in one other poem from Relationships January 2012 Compare the ways poets use structure to develop ideas about a relationship in Sonnet 43 and in one other poem from Relationships Compare the ways poets present a speaker s attitudes towards another person in Harmonium and in other poem from Relationships June 2011 Compare how poets use language to present feelings in Manhunt and in one other poem from Relationships Compare the ways poets portray emotions in Nettles and in one other poem from Relationships

12 Relationships Poem Grid Poem June 2011 Jan 2012 June 2012 Jan 2013 June 2013 June 2014 Manhunt Hour In Paris with You Quickdraw Ghazal Brothers Praise Song for My Mother Harmonium Sonnet 116 Sonnet 43 To His Coy Mistress Farmer s Bride Sister Maude Nettles Born Yesterday

13 Language to present feelings Explore ideas about time Relationships me and Poem Grid me Not Assessed June 2011 Jan 2012 June 2012 Jan 2013 June 2013 June 2014 Manhunt Explore strong feelings about another person Use form and structure to present ideas Language to present relationships Attitudes towards another person Explore ideas and love Structure to develop ideas about a relationship effects of the endings of poems difficult relationships Portray emotions hopes and wishes In Paris with You Brothers To His Coy Mistress Sister Maude Nettles Harmonium Sonnet 43 Quickdraw Praise Song for My Mother Hour Farmer s Bride Sonnet 116 Born Yesterday Ghazal Farmer s Bride