pOETRY

 

SECTION A 

Unseen Poetry 

Answer the question in this section. 

You should spend 35 minutes on this question. 

Read the following poem.

Jessie Emily Schofield I used to wash my grandmother’s hair, 

When she was old and small

And walked with a frame Like a learning child.

She would turn off her hearing aid And bend into the water,

Holding the edge of the sink with long fingers; 

I would pour warm cupfuls over her skull 

And wonder what it could be like

In her deaf head with eighty years of life.

Hers was the softest hair I ever felt,

Wedding dress silk on a widow;

But there is a photo of her 

Sitting swathed in hair 

That I imagine chestnut from the black and white, 

Long enough to sit on. 

Her wet head felt delicate as a birdskull 

Worn thin by waves of age, 

As she stood bent. My mother’s mother under my hands.

 Judy Williams

11. Explore how the writer presents  the speaker’s attitudes to growing old? 

In your answer, you should consider the writer’s: 

• descriptive skills 

• choice of language 

• use of form and structure.

 Support your answer with examples from the poem.

(Total for Question 1 = 20 marks)

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TOTAL FOR SECTION A = 20 MARKS

SECTION B

 Anthology Poetry 

Answer ONE question from this section. 

You should spend 40 minutes on your chosen question

2. 

OR

3. Compare the ways the writers convey the brutality of war in Poem  at ‘War Photographer’ by Carole Satyamurti and one other poem from the anthology. 

You should make reference to language, form and structure. 

Support your answer with examples from the poems.

(Total for Question 3 = 30 marks) 

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TOTAL FOR SECTION B = 30 MARKS 

SECTION C: Modern Prose 

Answer ONE question on ONE text from this section. 

You should spend 45 minutes on this section. 

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

EITHER

4.  Explore the theme of courage in To Kill a Mockingbird.

You must consider the context of the novel in your answer.

(Total for Question 4 = 40 marks)

OR

5. In what ways is the Radley family important in To Kill a Mockingbird?

You must consider the context of the novel in your answer.

(Total for Question 5 = 40 marks) 

Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck

EITHER