Edexcel English Literature 9TE0 - 15, 22 & 29 Jun 2017 [Exam Discussions]

How long was everyone told to spend on each question?

How long was everyone told to spend on each question?

These poems better not come up or else I'm screwed:

History
War correspondent
You Shiva and my mum

Don't have a clue whats going on in them and there is not much to analyse at all.

can someone please explain the fox in museum poem

They messed up the edexcel notes for war correspondent in the revision packs so... but then again Wagner came up in Faustus and they got the houses wrong for GCSE English ....

Just realised how horrific some of these poems are, what the hell is Journal from a dissapointed man and that fox one? I mean Keats is hard but at least his poems have clear purposes and meanings (well, most of them) some of these poems in the anthology are so dead in things to analyse and their overall meanings.

Someone's already explained the fox but the Journal one is about a man who plays an observing role - he can't become part of the male masculine workers because he is distanced from them emotionally (see academic dehumanising language 'monsters'.

As a general tip, it does not matter if your interpretation is a bit out there! It's ok if you are creative with your analysis and you understand the poem in a way that most people might not. As long as you can make an argument/state ideas, give poetic evidence and relate it to the other poem and the theme, there isn't a "right" answer for these poems (especially given the long-winded/confusing nature of some!).

Do we have to bring photocopies of the poems? Or do we get them in the paper?

You're supposed to take in blank copies of the anthology as a whole - I.e the book.
Some schools and colleges might have blank copies to lend you, but you should have your own to take in with you