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O-LevelLiterature in EnglishPoetry2010/12 · May/June 2011 · Q1925 Marks

Read this poem, and then answer the question that follows it: Full Moon and Little Frieda A cool small evening shrunk to a dog bark and the clank of a bucket - And you listening. A spider's web, tense for the dew's touch. A pail lifted, still and brimming – mirror To tempt a first star to a tremor. Cows are going home in the lane there, looping the hedges with their warm wreaths of breath – A dark river of blood, many boulders, Balancing unspilled milk. 'Moon!' you cry suddenly, 'Moon! Moon!' The moon has stepped back like an artist gazing amazed at a work That points at him amazed. (by Ted Hughes) Explore how Hughes conveys the delight of this moment.

  1. Explore how Hughes conveys the delight of this moment.[25]

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Poetry, O-Level Literature in English (syllabus 2010). Structured question, 25 marks.
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O-Level Literature in English, May/June 2011 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 19.

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