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English 🟐 🟐
Advanced Subsidiary
Literature
PAPER 1: Poetry and Drama
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Section B on your chosen texts.
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• The total mark for this paper is 72.
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Paper 1 english
,P77999A
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Y:1/1/1/1/1/
, SECTION A
Poetry
AREA
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Answer ONE
question.
EITHE Begin your answer on page 4.
R
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.
AREA
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(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) AREA
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, List of prescribed poems
Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002–2011
(Faber and Faber, 2015) ISBN 978-0571325405 / ISBN 978-0571281732
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Page numbers
Poem title Poet
New edition Old edition
Eat Me Patience Agbabi 3 13
Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass Simon Armitage 6 16
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Material Ros Barber 10 20
History John Burnside 25 35
An Easy Passage Julia Copus 37 47
The Deliverer Tishani Doshi 43 53
The Lammas Hireling Ian Duhig 51 61
To My Nine-Year-Old Self Helen Dunmore 52 62
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A Minor Role U A Fanthorpe 57 67
The Gun Vicki Feaver 62 72
The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled Leontia Flynn 64 74
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Giuseppe Roderick Ford 66 76
Out of the Bag Seamus Heaney 81 91
Effects Alan Jenkins 92 102
Genetics Sinéad 125 135
Morrissey
From the Journal of a Disappointed Andrew Motion 127 137
Man
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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
Morning (Time: 2 hours)
English 🟐 🟐
Advanced Subsidiary
Literature
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
centre number and candidate number.
• Answer one question in Section A and one question in
your name,
Section B on your chosen texts.
• Answer the questions in the spaces
provided – there may be more space than
you need.
Information
• The total mark for this paper is 72.
• The marks for each question are shown in
– use this as a guide as to how much time to spend on each question.
brackets
Advice
• Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
• Check your answers if you have time at
the end.
Turn over
Paper 1 english
,P77999A
©2025 Pearson Education Ltd.
Y:1/1/1/1/1/
, SECTION A
Poetry
AREA
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS
Answer ONE
question.
EITHE Begin your answer on page 4.
R
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.
AREA
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS
(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) AREA
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS
2
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, List of prescribed poems
Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002–2011
(Faber and Faber, 2015) ISBN 978-0571325405 / ISBN 978-0571281732
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS
Page numbers
Poem title Poet
New edition Old edition
Eat Me Patience Agbabi 3 13
Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass Simon Armitage 6 16
AREA
Material Ros Barber 10 20
History John Burnside 25 35
An Easy Passage Julia Copus 37 47
The Deliverer Tishani Doshi 43 53
The Lammas Hireling Ian Duhig 51 61
To My Nine-Year-Old Self Helen Dunmore 52 62
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS
A Minor Role U A Fanthorpe 57 67
The Gun Vicki Feaver 62 72
The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled Leontia Flynn 64 74
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Giuseppe Roderick Ford 66 76
Out of the Bag Seamus Heaney 81 91
Effects Alan Jenkins 92 102
Genetics Sinéad 125 135
Morrissey
From the Journal of a Disappointed Andrew Motion 127 137
Man
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS
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
AREA
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