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Edexcel Poetry Anthology

The Edexcel anthology has four collections of fifteen poems: Relationships, Conflict, Time and Place, and Belonging. You study one. This hub covers Conflict and Time and Place: pick yours below and start with annotated study pages, key quotations and comparison practice.

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Edexcel poetry is assessed in Paper 2, Section B. In Part 1 you compare a named anthology poem, printed on the paper, with another of your choice from the same collection (20 marks). In Part 2 you compare two unseen poems (20 marks).

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Conflict

15 poems

Poems exploring the many faces of conflict - war and bloodshed, personal and political battles, family tensions, prejudice, and inner emotional turmoil. Includes Blake, Owen, Byron, Tennyson, Hardy, Rossetti, Agard and Zephaniah.

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Time and Place

15 poems

Poems rooted in landscape, memory and journeys - from Keats and Wordsworth to Dickinson, Hardy, Fanthorpe and Grace Nichols. The collection explores how place shapes identity and how time alters our relationship with where we have lived.

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How is Edexcel different from AQA?

Edexcel students study one of the four collections in the anthology, not all of them.
The exam asks you to compare a named poem with one of your choice from the same collection.
There is an unseen poetry question on the same paper, as on AQA, but it is one comparison of two poems, with no single-poem question first.
Several poems appear in both anthologies, among them London, Exposure, The Charge of the Light Brigade and Poppies, but most are different, and Edexcel groups them differently.

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Pearson Edexcel GCSE English Literature (1ET0)Edexcel

Edexcel Poetry Anthology

The Edexcel anthology has four collections of fifteen poems: Relationships, Conflict, Time and Place, and Belonging. You study one. This hub covers Conflict and Time and Place: pick yours below and start with annotated study pages, key quotations and comparison practice.

Revise Edexcel Poetry Anthology with AI

Revision notes, quizzes, essay plans - personalised to your grade

Generate Notes Practice Quiz

Edexcel poetry is assessed in Paper 2, Section B. In Part 1 you compare a named anthology poem, printed on the paper, with another of your choice from the same collection (20 marks). In Part 2 you compare two unseen poems (20 marks).

Choose your collection

Conflict

15 poems

Poems exploring the many faces of conflict - war and bloodshed, personal and political battles, family tensions, prejudice, and inner emotional turmoil. Includes Blake, Owen, Byron, Tennyson, Hardy, Rossetti, Agard and Zephaniah.

Study the Conflict collection

Time and Place

15 poems

Poems rooted in landscape, memory and journeys - from Keats and Wordsworth to Dickinson, Hardy, Fanthorpe and Grace Nichols. The collection explores how place shapes identity and how time alters our relationship with where we have lived.

Study the Time and Place collection

How is Edexcel different from AQA?

Edexcel students study one of the four collections in the anthology, not all of them.
The exam asks you to compare a named poem with one of your choice from the same collection.
There is an unseen poetry question on the same paper, as on AQA, but it is one comparison of two poems, with no single-poem question first.
Several poems appear in both anthologies, among them London, Exposure, The Charge of the Light Brigade and Poppies, but most are different, and Edexcel groups them differently.