plumiPoems of the Decade (post-2000 poetry): Edexcel A‑Level English Literature questions
Every Edexcel A-Level English Literature exam question on Poems of the Decade (post-2000 poetry), 2016–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 36 questions on Poems of the Decade (post-2000 poetry), as a list
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q1 (30 marks): Read the poem Cows by Laura Scott on page 3 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem The Lammas Hireling by Ian Duhig (on page 4). Compare the method
- June 2025, Paper 3, Q2 (30 marks): Read the poem Cows by Laura Scott on page 3 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem A Minor Role by U A Fanthorpe (on page 5). Compare the methods b
- June 2025, AS Paper 1, Q1 (24 marks): 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
- June 2025, AS Paper 1, Q2 (24 marks): 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 Antholog
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q1 (30 marks): Read the poem Stillwater Cove by Ada Limón on page 2 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem Out of the Bag by Seamus Heaney (on pages 3–5). Compare
- June 2024, Paper 3, Q2 (30 marks): Read the poem Stillwater Cove by Ada Limón on page 2 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem From the Journal of a Disappointed Man by Andrew Motion
- June 2024, AS Paper 1, Q1 (24 marks): Compare the ways in which poets present ideas about the modern world in Please Hold by Ciaran O’Driscoll and one other poem of your choice from Poems of the Dec
- June 2024, AS Paper 1, Q2 (24 marks): Compare the ways in which poets present ideas about gender in Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass by Simon Armitage and one other poem of your choice from Poems of
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q1 (30 marks): Read the poem Now We Are Things Invisible by Vahni Capildeo on page 3 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem History by John Burnside (on pages 4 a
- June 2023, Paper 3, Q2 (30 marks): Read the poem Now We Are Things Invisible by Vahni Capildeo on page 3 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem The Gun by Vicki Feaver (on page 6). C
- June 2023, AS Paper 1, Q1 (24 marks): Compare the ways in which poets present ideas about society in Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn by Tim Turnbull and one other poem of your choice from Poems of the De
- June 2023, AS Paper 1, Q2 (24 marks): Compare the ways in which poets use different voices in On Her Blindness by Adam Thorpe and one other poem of your choice from Poems of the Decade: An Anthology
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q1 (30 marks): Read the poem On the New Bypass by Jane Commane on page 3 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem Ode on a Grayson Perry Urn by Tim Turnbull (on pag
- June 2022, Paper 3, Q2 (30 marks): Read the poem On the New Bypass by Jane Commane on page 3 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem An Easy Passage by Julia Copus (on page 6 of the S
- June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q1 (24 marks): Compare the ways in which poets explore journeys in Look We Have Coming to Dover! by Daljit Nagra and one other poem of your choice from Poems of the Decade: An
- June 2022, AS Paper 1, Q2 (24 marks): Compare the ways in which poets explore parent-child relationships in History by John Burnside and one other poem of your choice from Poems of the Decade: An An
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q1 (30 marks): Read the poem Map by Helen Tookey on page 2 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem Look We Have Coming to Dover! by Daljit Nagra (on page 3). Compa
- November 2021, Paper 3, Q2 (30 marks): Read the poem Map by Helen Tookey on page 2 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled by Leontia Flynn (on page
- October 2020, Paper 3, Q1 (30 marks): Read the poem Visitor by Rebecca Watts on page 2 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem Material by Ros Barber (on pages 3–4). Compare the methods
- October 2020, Paper 3, Q2 (30 marks): Read the poem Visitor by Rebecca Watts on page 2 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem Chainsaw Versus the Pampas Grass by Simon Armitage (on page
- October 2020, AS Paper 1, Q1 (24 marks): Compare the ways in which poets explore power in The Gun by Vicki Feaver and one other poem of your choice from Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward
- October 2020, AS Paper 1, Q2 (24 marks): Compare the ways in which poets use settings in The Lammas Hireling by Ian Duhig and one other poem of your choice from Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the
- June 2019, Paper 3, Q1 (30 marks): Read the poem Two Trees by Don Paterson on page 2 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem Eat Me by Patience Agbabi (on page 3). Compare the methods
- June 2019, Paper 3, Q2 (30 marks): Read the poem Two Trees by Don Paterson on page 2 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem Giuseppe by Roderick Ford (on page 4). Compare the methods
- June 2019, AS Paper 1, Q1 (24 marks): Compare the ways in which poets explore ideas of change in The Furthest Distances I’ve Travelled by Leontia Flynn and one other poem of your choice from Poems o
- June 2019, AS Paper 1, Q2 (24 marks): Compare the ways in which poets explore morality in Giuseppe by Roderick Ford and one other poem of your choice from Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Fo
- June 2018, Paper 3, Q1 (30 marks): Read the poem Growth by Les Murray on page 2 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem A Minor Role by U A Fanthorpe (on page 3). Compare the methods
- June 2018, Paper 3, Q2 (30 marks): Read the poem Growth by Les Murray on page 2 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem To My Nine-Year-Old Self by Helen Dunmore (on page 4). Compare
- June 2018, AS Paper 1, Q1 (24 marks): Compare the ways in which poets explore loss in Material by Ros Barber and one other poem of your choice from Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward B
- June 2018, AS Paper 1, Q2 (24 marks): Compare the ways in which poets use a first person narrative voice in From the Journal of a Disappointed Man by Andrew Motion and one other poem of your choice
- June 2017, Paper 3, Q1 (30 marks): Read the poem When Six O‘Clock Comes and Another Day Has Passed by Kathryn Simmonds on page 2 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem Genetics by Si
- June 2017, Paper 3, Q2 (30 marks): Read the poem When Six O’Clock Comes and Another Day Has Passed by Kathryn Simmonds on page 2 of the source booklet and reread the anthology poem Effects by Ala
- June 2017, AS Paper 1, Q1 (24 marks): Compare the ways in which poets explore ideas of what we inherit from the past in Inheritance by Eavan Boland and one other poem of your choice from Poems of th
- June 2017, AS Paper 1, Q2 (24 marks): Compare the ways in which poets explore identity in Look We Have Coming to Dover! by Daljit Nagra and one other poem of your choice from Poems of the Decade: An
- June 2016, AS Paper 1, Q1 (24 marks): Compare the ways in which poets present memorable characters in Out of the Bag by Seamus Heaney and one other poem of your choice from Poems of the Decade: An A
- June 2016, AS Paper 1, Q2 (24 marks): Compare the ways in which poets explore disturbing events or situations in The Deliverer by Tishani Doshi and one other poem of your choice from Poems of the De
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