plumiUnseen poetry: Edexcel GCSE English Literature questions
Every Edexcel GCSE English Literature exam question on Unseen poetry, 2017–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 9 questions on Unseen poetry, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q12 (20 marks): Compare the ways the writers present fireworks in Poem 1: After the Fireworks and Poem 2: Fireworks. In your answer, you should compare: • the ideas in the poem
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q12 (20 marks): Compare the ways the writers present photographs in Poem 1: Not Yet My Mother and Poem 2: On Finding an Old Photograph. In your answer, you should compare: • th
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q12 (20 marks): Compare the ways the writers present growing older in Poem 1: Warning and Poem 2: Pushing Forty. In your answer, you should compare: • the ideas in the poems •
- June 2022, Paper 2P, Q5 (20 marks): Compare the ways the writers present grandmothers in Poem 1: Grannie and Poem 2: Seeing Granny. In your answer, you should compare: • the ideas in the poems • t
- November 2021, Paper 2P, Q5 (20 marks): Compare the ways the writers present different sporting experiences in Poem 1: Boots and Poem 2: Absent Player. In your answer, you should compare: • the ideas
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q11 (20 marks): Compare the ways the writers present their thoughts about the weather in Poem 1: Storm and Poem 2: Wind. In your answer, you should compare: • the ideas in the
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q11 (20 marks): Compare the ways the writers present their thoughts about shopping in Poem 1: Childhood memories – Shopping in the 1940s and Poem 2: Shopping. In your answer, y
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q11 (20 marks): Compare the ways the writers present the month of May in Poem 1: The Month of May and Poem 2: British Weather. In your answer, you should compare: • the ideas i
- June 2017, Paper 2, Q11 (20 marks): Compare the ways the writers present cats in Poem 1: Cat and Poem 2: Cats. In your answer, you should compare: • the ideas in the poems • the poets’ use of lang
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