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O-LevelLiterature in EnglishPoetry2010/12 · Oct/Nov 2012 · Q1725 Marks

How do you think the poet’s words create a vivid feeling of sorrow in either Dover Beach (by Matthew Arnold) or The Voice (by Thomas Hardy)?

  1. How do you think the poet’s words create a vivid feeling of sorrow in either Dover Beach (by Matthew Arnold) or The Voice (by Thomas Hardy)?[25]

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Poetry, O-Level Literature in English (syllabus 2010). Structured question, 25 marks.
Source
O-Level Literature in English, Oct/Nov 2012 Paper 1 Variant 2, question 17.

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