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AQA
AS
ENGLISH LITERATURE B
Paper 2A Literary genres: Prose and Poetry: Aspects of tragedy
B
E
R
Friday 24 May 2024 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
TU
Materials
A
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 12-page answer book
R
• a copy of the set text(s) you have studied. These texts must not be annotated and must not
TE
contain additional notes or materials.
LI
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
D
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7716/2A.
•
N
Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
• You must answer one question from Section A and one question from Section B.
A
Information
E
• The maximum mark for this paper is 50.
G
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
A
• You will be marked on your ability to:
U
– use good English
G
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
N
• In your response you need to:
LA
– analyse carefully the writers’ methods
– explore the contexts of the texts you are writing about
– explore the connections across the texts you have studied
SH
– explore different interpretations of your texts.
LI
G
EN
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Section A
Answer one question from this section.
Either
0 1 John Keats selection
Explore the significance of the openings of Keats’ poems to the tragic experiences that
follow.
B
E
You must refer to Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil and at least one other poem.
R
In your answer you need to analyse closely Keats’ authorial methods and include
TU
comments on the extract below.
[25 marks]
A
R
From Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil
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l
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Fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel!
Lorenzo, a young palmer in Love’s eye!
D
They could not in the self-same mansion dwell
N
Without some stir of heart, some malady;
They could not sit at meals but feel how well
A
It soothed each to be the other by;
E
They could not, sure, beneath the same roof sleep
But to each other dream, and nightly weep.
G
A
ll
U
With every morn their love grew tenderer,
G
With every eve deeper and tenderer still;
He might not in house, field, or garden stir,
N
But her full shape would all his seeing fill;
LA
And his continual voice was pleasanter
To her than noise of trees or hidden rill;
Her lute-string gave an echo of his name,
SH
She spoilt her half-done broidery with the same.
LI
lll
He knew whose gentle hand was at the latch
G
Before the door had given her to his eyes;
EN
And from her chamber-window he would catch
Her beauty farther than the falcon spies;
And constant as her vespers would he watch,
Because her face was turned to the same skies;
And with sick longing all the night outwear,
To hear her morning-step upon the stair.
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AQA
AS
ENGLISH LITERATURE B
Paper 2A Literary genres: Prose and Poetry: Aspects of tragedy
B
E
R
Friday 24 May 2024 Morning Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
TU
Materials
A
For this paper you must have:
• an AQA 12-page answer book
R
• a copy of the set text(s) you have studied. These texts must not be annotated and must not
TE
contain additional notes or materials.
LI
Instructions
• Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
D
• Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Paper Reference is 7716/2A.
•
N
Do all rough work in your answer book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.
• You must answer one question from Section A and one question from Section B.
A
Information
E
• The maximum mark for this paper is 50.
G
• The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
A
• You will be marked on your ability to:
U
– use good English
G
– organise information clearly
– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
N
• In your response you need to:
LA
– analyse carefully the writers’ methods
– explore the contexts of the texts you are writing about
– explore the connections across the texts you have studied
SH
– explore different interpretations of your texts.
LI
G
EN
IB/G/Jun24/G4001/E3 7716/2A
Page 1 of 8
, 000002
2
Section A
Answer one question from this section.
Either
0 1 John Keats selection
Explore the significance of the openings of Keats’ poems to the tragic experiences that
follow.
B
E
You must refer to Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil and at least one other poem.
R
In your answer you need to analyse closely Keats’ authorial methods and include
TU
comments on the extract below.
[25 marks]
A
R
From Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil
TE
l
LI
Fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel!
Lorenzo, a young palmer in Love’s eye!
D
They could not in the self-same mansion dwell
N
Without some stir of heart, some malady;
They could not sit at meals but feel how well
A
It soothed each to be the other by;
E
They could not, sure, beneath the same roof sleep
But to each other dream, and nightly weep.
G
A
ll
U
With every morn their love grew tenderer,
G
With every eve deeper and tenderer still;
He might not in house, field, or garden stir,
N
But her full shape would all his seeing fill;
LA
And his continual voice was pleasanter
To her than noise of trees or hidden rill;
Her lute-string gave an echo of his name,
SH
She spoilt her half-done broidery with the same.
LI
lll
He knew whose gentle hand was at the latch
G
Before the door had given her to his eyes;
EN
And from her chamber-window he would catch
Her beauty farther than the falcon spies;
And constant as her vespers would he watch,
Because her face was turned to the same skies;
And with sick longing all the night outwear,
To hear her morning-step upon the stair.
IB/G/Jun24/7716/2A
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