Edexcel GCSE English Literature Poetry Exam Predictions

For the unseen poem, i think its really too difficult to give somewhat of an accurate answer, because there are just way too many options.

But for the relationship cluster, having looked over previous past papers;the poems that have never came up at all are:
Sonnet 116
Our love now
At the border, 1979
Poems that came as only options are:
My last duchess (only one time so its still probable)
Nettles (2 times so i find it doubtful, considering they were both recent)

Assuming that they continue the current trend of not repeating any poem as the main option, we can eliminate:
Lines to my grandfather
Even tho
One flesh
Valentine
Kissing
04/01/07
Song for last years wife

This is in order of date that they came. (oldest at top)
so to be on the safe side i would practise up to one flesh/valentine. I'm certain they won't put anything more recent than that.

the exam paper's set up has changed recently and so there is no longer the options section however you can use this to your advantage if you learn a few poems well and try to use those in the comparison.

i hope this helps - Jadzy
if you have any other theory's
id like to hear them and if i have made any mistakes in the years of the exam or left something out please tell me!

Thanks so much this is so useful!

your welcome, i hope it makes your revision easier

Thanks for that, so the only two poems that haven't came up in the last 5 years are The Class Game and August 6, 1945
which means these are likely to come up, however these two don't really link to each other so its more likely that there will only be one like what they did last year?

I forgot The Drum as well

lol none of us predicted the poem correctly haha

HAHAHAH yeah, sucked!

unseen was nice tho.

yeahh what poem did u compare pity me not to?

yeahh what poem did u compare pity me not to?

our love now, seemed to work pretty well

Nettles