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English Advanced Past Paper Questions (Yeats/PrideandPrejudice-LetterstoAlice)
English Advanced Past Paper Questions (Yeats/PrideandPrejudice-LetterstoAlice)
English Advanced Past Paper Questions (Yeats/PrideandPrejudice-LetterstoAlice)
Your class has been exploring the question, What will continue to make Yeats
poetry worthy of critical study? Your personal response has been challenged by
another student.
Defend your response through a critical evaluation of Yeats poetry, analysing
the construction, content and language of the text.
In your response, refer to THREE poems you have studied.
To what extent has your personal response to the poetry been shaped by the
enduring power of Yeats poetic treatment of age and youth?
Support your evaluation with a close analysis of TWO poems by Yeats.
In your view, how have poetic techniques been used to reveal memorable ideas
in Yeats poetry? Support your view with detailed reference to at least TWO of
the poems set for study.
In your response, make detailed reference to at least TWO of the poems set for
study.
In the context of your critical study, to what extent does your response to the
closing stanza of Among School Children inform your judgement of this poem
and Yeatss poetry as a whole?
In your response, make detailed reference to Among School Children and at least
ONE other poem set for study.
Explore how time and place are used in Yeatss poetry to shape the readers
understanding of the search for truth.
In your response, make detailed reference to at least TWO of the poems set for
study.
In your view, how does Yeats portrayal of the complex nature of inspiration
contribute to the enduring value of his poetry?
In your response, make detailed reference to The Wild Swans at Coole and at
least ONE other poem set for study.
I have looked upon those
brilliant creatures,
And now my heart is sore.
Alls changed since I,
hearing at twilight,
The first time on this
shore,
The bell-beat of their wings
above my head,
Trod with a lighter tread.