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O-LevelLiterature in EnglishPoetry2010/11 · Oct/Nov 2011 · Q2025 Marks

Explore how the poets' words create striking pictures of the world at night in Amends (by Adrienne Rich) and Dover Beach (by Matthew Arnold).

  1. Explore how the poets' words create striking pictures of the world at night in Amends (by Adrienne Rich) and Dover Beach (by Matthew Arnold).[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, Oct/Nov 2011 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 20.

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