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ADVANCED General Certificate of Education January 2008 English Literature Assessment Unit A2 1 Module 4: Response to Unseen Poetry and The Study of Poetry Written Before 1770 A2L11 assessing [A2L11] THURSDAY 10 JANUARY, AFTERNOON TIME 2 hours 30 minutes. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number on the Answer Booklet provided. Answer two questions, the one from Section A and one from Section B. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark for this paper is 60. Each question carries a mark of 30. Quality of written communication will be assessed in all questions. You should not have with you copies of the prescribed texts or any other material relating to this examination. However, for Section B, copies of the poems or extracts from poems, referred to in the questions, can be found in the Resource Booklet provided. A2L1W8R 3297.08 BLANK PAGE A2L1W8R 3297.08 2 [Turn over Read all of this page first carefully Section A Response to Unseen Poetry You must answer the single question in this section. In Section A of this examination you will be marked on your ability to communicate clearly the knowledge, understanding and insight appropriate to literary study, using appropriate terminology and accurate and coherent written expression (AO1) respond with knowledge and understanding to literary texts of different types and periods, exploring and commenting on relationships and comparisons between literary texts (AO2ii) show detailed understanding of the ways in which writers choices of form, structure and language shape meanings (AO3). This means that in your answers, you must express your ideas in a clear and well-organised way, paying careful attention to spelling, punctuation and grammar and using appropriate literary terms show an awareness of the type of the given poems e.g. sonnet, lyric, elegy and draw appropriate comparisons and contrasts between them show an understanding of the methods which the poets use e.g. form and structure, language (including imagery) and tone. A2L1W8R 3297.08 3 [Turn over Answer the one question in this section 1 Composed Upon Westminister Bridge was written by William Wordsworth (1770 1850). Relic was written by Ted Hughes (1930 1998). Both poems reflect on elements of the physical world. Compare and contrast the two poems, taking account of the themes developed, the situations and tones of the speakers, and the form, structure and language (including imagery) of the poems. N.B. Both poems should be given equal treatment in your response. Composed upon Westminster Bridge Earth has not anything to show more fair; Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air. Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendour, valley, rock, or hill; Ne er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will: Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still! William Wordsworth A2L1W8R 3297.08 4 [Turn over Relic1 I found this jawbone at the sea s edge: There, crabs, dogfish, broken by the breakers or tossed To flap for half an hour and turn to a crust Continue the beginning. The deeps are cold: In that darkness camaraderie2 does not hold: Nothing touches but, clutching, devours. And the jaws, Before they are satisfied or their stretched purpose Slacken, go down jaws; go gnawn bare. Jaws Eat and are finished and the jawbone comes to the beach: This is the sea s achievement; with shells, Vertebrae, claws, carapaces,3 skulls. Time in the sea eats its tail, thrives, casts these Indigestibles, the spars4 of purposes That failed far from the surface. None grow rich In the sea. This curved jawbone did not laugh But gripped, gripped and is now a cenotaph.5 Ted Hughes 1 A relic is something that remains from the past. camaraderie means comradeship. 3 carapaces are shells of animals such as turtles. 4 spars are ships masts. 5 a cenotaph is a monument to the dead whose remains are elsewhere. 2 A2L1W8R 3297.08 5 [Turn over Read all of this page first carefully Section B Poetry Written Before 1770 Answer one question in this section. In Section B of this examination you will be marked on your ability to communicate clearly the knowledge, understanding and insight appropriate to literary study, using appropriate terminology and accurate and coherent written expression (AO1) respond with knowledge and understanding to literary texts of different types and periods, exploring and commenting on relationships and comparisons between literary texts (AO2ii) show detailed understanding of the ways in which writers choices of form, structure and language shape meanings (AO3). This means that in your answers, you must express your ideas in a clear and well-organised way, paying careful attention to spelling, punctuation and grammar and using appropriate literary terms show an awareness of the period in which the poems were written and of the type of the given poems e.g. sonnet, lyric, elegy where this is appropriate show an understanding of the poetic methods which the poets use e.g. form and structure, language (including imagery) and tone in relation to the main issue of the question. A2L1W8R 3297.08 6 [Turn over 2 Chaucer: The Wife of Bath s Prologue and Tale Answer either (a) or (b) (a) By referring closely to extract 2(a), printed in the accompanying Resource Booklet, and other appropriately selected parts of the text, examine the poetic methods which Chaucer uses to maintain interest in the Wife s narrative. N.B. Equal marks are available for your treatment of the given extract and of other parts of the text. (b) By referring closely to extract 2(b), printed in the accompanying Resource Booklet, and other appropriately selected parts of the text, examine the poetic methods which Chaucer uses to explore the theme of female freedom. N.B. Equal marks are available for your treatment of the given extract and of other parts of the text. A2L1W8R 3297.08 7 [Turn over 3 Gardner (editor): The Metaphysical Poets Answer either (a) or (b) (a) By referring closely to Man , by Henry Vaughan, printed in the accompanying Resource Booklet, and one other appropriately selected poem by Vaughan or another set poet, examine the poetic methods used by the poet or poets to explore religious ideas. N.B. Equal marks are available for your treatment of each poem. (b) By referring closely to The Anniversarie , by John Donne, printed in the accompanying Resource Booklet, and one other appropriately selected poem by Donne or another set poet, examine the poetic methods used by the poet or poets to present an elevated view of love. N.B. Equal marks are available for your treatment of each poem. A2L1W8R 3297.08 8 [Turn over 4 Herrick: Selected Poems Answer either (a) or (b) (a) By referring closely to To his Sweet Saviour , printed in the accompanying Resource Booklet, and one other appropriately selected poem, examine the poetic methods which Herrick uses to express his religious feelings. N.B. Equal marks are available for your treatment of each poem. (b) By referring closely to The Parting Verse, The Feast There Ended , printed in the accompanying Resource Booklet, and one other appropriately selected poem, examine the poetic methods which Herrick uses to explore the theme of time passing. N.B. Equal marks are available for your treatment of each poem. A2L1W8R 3297.08 9 [Turn over 5 Pope: The Rape of the Lock Answer either (a) or (b) (a) By referring closely to extract 5(a), printed in the accompanying Resource Booklet, and other appropriately selected parts of the poem, examine the poetic methods which Pope uses to immortalise Belinda and her Lock . N.B. Equal marks are available for your treatment of the given extract and of other parts of the poem. (b) By referring closely to extract 5(b), printed in the accompanying Resource Booklet, and other appropriately selected parts of the poem, examine the poetic methods which Pope uses to present the superficiality and hypocrisy of society at the time when the poem was written. N.B. Equal marks are available for your treatment of the given extract and of other parts of the poem. THIS IS THE END OF THE QUESTION PAPER A2L1W8R 3297.08 10 [Turn over A2L1W8 3297 11 [Turn over S 6/07 302-035-4 ADVANCED General Certificate of Education January 2008 English Literature Assessment Unit A2 1 Module 4: Response to Unseen Poetry and The Study of Poetry Written Before 1770 A2L11RB assessing [A2L11] THURSDAY 10 JANUARY, AFTERNOON RESOURCE BOOKLET FOR SECTION B ONLY If you are answering on Chaucer or Pope, you must make sure that you select the appropriate extract for the question you are doing. For example, if you are doing Question 2(a), you must select extract 2(a). A2L1W8R2 3297.09 2 (a) Chaucer: The Wife of Bath s Prologue and Tale (extract to go with Question 2(a) ) Witnesse on Mida, wol ye heere the tale? Ovide, amonges othere thinges smale, Seyde Mida hadde, under his longe heres, Growinge upon his heed two asses eres, The whiche vice he hidde, as he best mighte, Ful subtilly from every mannes sighte, That, save his wyf, ther wiste of it namo. He loved hire moost, and trusted hire also; He preyed hire that to no creature She sholde tellen of his disfigure. She swoor him nay, for al this world to winne, She nolde do that vileynie or sinne, To make hir housbonde han so foul a name. She nolde nat telle it for hir owene shame. But natheless, hir thoughte that she dide, That she so longe sholde a conseil hide; Hir thoughte it swal so soore aboute hir herte That nedely som word hire moste asterte; And sith she dorste telle it to no man, Doun to a mareys faste by she ran Til she cam there, hir herte was a-fire And as a bitore bombleth in the mire, She leyde hir mouth unto the water doun: Biwreye me nat, thou water, with thy soun, Quod she; to thee I telle it and namo; Myn housbonde hath longe asses eris two! Now is myn herte al hool, now is it oute I myghte no lenger kepe it, out of doute. Heere may ye se, thogh we a time abide, Yet out it moot; we kan no conseil hide. The remenant of the tale if ye wol heere, Redeth Ovide, and ther ye may it leere. A2L1W8 A2L1W8R2 3297.09 2 [Turn over 2 (b) Chaucer: The Wife of Bath s Prologue and Tale (extract to go with Question 2(b) ) Thou sholdest seye, Wyf, go wher thee liste; Taak youre disport, I wol nat leve no talis. I knowe yow for a trewe wyf, dame Alis. We love no man that taketh kep or charge Wher that we goon; we wol ben at oure large. Of alle men yblessed moot he be, The wise astrologien, Daun Ptholome, That seith this proverbe in his Almageste: Of alle men his wisdom is the hyeste That rekketh nevere who hath the world in honde. By this proverbe thou shalt understonde, Have thou ynogh, what thar thee recche or care How mirily that othere folkes fare? For, certeyn, olde dotard, by youre leve, Ye shul have queynte right ynogh at eve. He is to greet a nigard that wolde werne A man to lighte a candle at his lanterne; He shal have never the lasse light, pardee. Have thou ynogh, thee thar nat pleyne thee. Thou seist also, that if we make us gay With clothing, and with precious array, That it is peril of oure chastitee; And yet, with sorwe! thou most enforce thee, And seye thise wordes in the Apostles name: In habit maad with chastitee and shame Ye wommen shul apparaille yow, quod he, And noght in tressed heer and gay perree, As perles, ne with gold, ne clothes riche. After thy text, ne after thy rubriche, I wol nat wirche as muchel as a gnat. A2L1W8 A2L1W8R2 3297.09 3 [Turn over 3 (a) Gardner (editor): The Metaphysical Poets Man Weighing the stedfastness and state Of some mean things which here below reside, Where birds like watchful Clocks the noiseless date And Intercourse of times divide, Where Bees at night get home and hive, and flowrs Early, as well as late, Rise with the Sun, and set in the same bowrs; I would (said I) my God would give The staidness of these things to man! for these To his divine appointments ever cleave, And no new business breaks their peace; The birds nor sow, nor reap, yet sup and dine, The flowres without clothes live, Yet Solomon was never drest so fine. Man hath stil either toyes, or Care, He hath no root, nor to one place is ty d, But ever restless and Irregular About this Earth doth run and ride, He knows he hath a home, but scarce knows where, He sayes it is so far That he hath quite forgot how to go there. He knocks at all doors, strays and roams, Nay hath not so much wit as some stones have Which in the darkest nights point to their homes, By some hid sense their Maker gave; Man is the shuttle, to whose winding quest And passage through these looms God order d motion, but ordain d no rest. Henry Vaughan A2L1W8R2 3297.09 4 [Turn over 3 (b) Gardner (editor): The Metaphysical Poets The Anniversarie All Kings, and all their favorites, All glory of honors, beauties, wits, The Sun it selfe, which makes times, as they passe, Is elder by a yeare, now, than it was When thou and I first one another saw: All other things, to their destruction draw, Only our love hath no decay; This, no to morrow hath, nor yesterday, Running it never runs from us away, But truly keepes his first, last, everlasting day. Two graves must hide thine and my corse, If one might, death were no divorce. Alas, as well as other Princes, wee, (Who Prince enough in one another bee,) Must leave at last in death, these eyes, and eares, Oft fed with true oathes, and with sweet salt teares; But soules where nothing dwells but love (All other thoughts being inmates) then shall prove This, or a love increased there above, When bodies to their graves, soules from their graves remove. And then wee shall be throughly blest, But wee no more, than all the rest. Here upon earth, we are Kings, and none but wee Can be such Kings, nor of such subjects bee; Who is so safe as wee? where none can doe Treason to us, except one of us two. True and false feares let us refraine, Let us love nobly, and live, and adde againe Yeares and yeares unto yeares, till we attaine To write threescore: this is the second of our raigne. John Donne A2L1W8R2 3297.09 5 [Turn over 4 (a) Herrick: Selected Poems To His Sweet Saviour NIGHT hath no wings to him that cannot sleep, And time seems then not for to fly, but creep; Slowly her chariot drives, as if that she Had broke her wheel, or crack d her axletree. Just so it is with me, who, list ning, pray The winds to blow the tedious night away, That I might see the cheerful, peeping day. Sick is my heart! O Saviour! do Thou please To make my bed soft in my sicknesses: Lighten my candle, so that I beneath Sleep not for ever in the vaults of death; Let me Thy voice betimes i th morning hear: Call, and I ll come; say Thou the when, and where. Draw me but first, and after Thee I ll run And make no one stop till my race be done. A2L1W8R2 3297.09 6 [Turn over 4 (b) Herrick: Selected Poems The Parting-Verse, The Feast There Ended Loth to depart, but yet at last each one Back must now go to s habitation; Not knowing thus much when we once do sever, Whether or no that we shall meet here ever. As for myself, since time a thousand cares And griefs hath fill d upon my silver hairs, Tis to be doubted whether I next year Or no shall give ye a re-meeting here. If die I must, then my last vow shall be, You ll with a tear or two remember me, Your sometime poet; but if fates do give Me longer date and more fresh springs to live, Oft as your field shall her old age renew, Herrick shall make the meadow-verse for you. A2L1W8R2 3297.09 7 [Turn over 5 (a) Pope: The Rape of the Lock (extract from Canto V to go with Question 5(a) ) The Lock, obtain d with guilt, and kept with pain, In ev ry place is sought, but sought in vain: With such a prize no mortal must be blest, So heav n decrees! with heav n who can contest? Some thought it mounted to the Lunar sphere, Since all things lost on earth are treasur d there. There Hero s wits are kept in pond rous vases, And Beau s in snuff-boxes and tweezer-cases. There broken vows, and death-bed alms are found, And lover s hearts with ends of ribband bound, The courtier s promises, and sick man s pray rs, The smiles of harlots, and the tears of heirs, Cages for gnats, and chains to yoak a flea, Dry d butterflies, and tomes of casuistry. But trust the Muse she saw it upward rise, Tho mark d by none but quick, poetic eyes: (So Rome s great founder to the heav ns withdrew, To Proculus alone confess d in view) A sudden Star, it shot thro liquid air, And drew behind a radiant trail of hair. Not Berenice s Locks first rose so bright, The heav ns bespangling with dishevel d light, The Sylphs behold it kindling as it flies, And pleas d pursue its progress thro the skies. This the Beau-monde shall from the Mall survey, And hail with music its propitious ray. This the blest Lover shall for Venus take, And send up vows from Rosamonda s lake. This Partridge soon shall view in cloudless skies, When next he looks thro Galil o s eyes; And hence th egregious wizard shall foredoom The fate of Louis, and the fall of Rome. Then cease, bright Nymph! to mourn thy ravish d hair, Which adds new glory to the shining sphere! Not all the tresses that fair head can boast, Shall draw such envy as the Lock you lost. For, after all the murders of your eye, When, after millions slain, yourself shall die; When those fair suns shall set, as set they must, And all those tresses shall be laid in dust; This Lock, the Muse shall consecrate to fame, And midst the stars inscribe Belinda s name. A2L1W8R2 3297.09 8 [Turn over 5 (b) Pope: The Rape of the Lock (extract from Canto III to go with Question 5(b) ) Close by those meads, for ever crown d with flow rs, Where Thames with pride surveys his rising tow rs, There stands a structure of majestic frame, Which from the neighb ring Hampton takes it name. Here Britain s statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign Tyrants, and of Nymphs at home; Here thou, great ANNA! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take and sometimes Tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste a while the pleasures of a Court; In various talk th instructive hours they past, Who gave the ball, or paid the visit last; One speaks the glory of the British Queen, And one describes a charming Indian screen; A third interprets motions, looks, and eyes; At ev ry word a reputation dies. Snuff, or the fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Mean while declining from the noon of day, The sun obliquely shoots his burning ray; The hungry Judges soon the sentence sign, And wretches hang that jury-men may dine; The merchant from th Exchange returns in peace, And the long labours of the Toilet cease. Belinda now, whom thirst of fame invites, Burns to encounter two advent rous Knights, At Ombre singly to decide their doom; And swells her breast with conquests yet to come. Strait the three bands prepare in arms to join, Each band the number of the sacred nine. Soon as she spreads her hand, th a rial guard Descend, and sit on each important card: First Ariel perch d upon a Matadore, Then each, according to the rank they bore; For Sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place. THIS IS THE END OF THE RESOURCE BOOKLET A2L1W8R2 3297.09 9 [Turn over Permission to reproduce all copyright material has been applied for. In some cases, efforts to contact copyright holders may have been unsuccessful and CCEA will be happy to rectify any omissions of acknowledgement in future if notified. S 10/07 302-035-5 [Turn over

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