Revised Key Poems for GCSE English Literature (AQA A)
In your exam for GCSE English Literature (AQA A) you will be given questions in which at least one poem, but probably more, will be named. Therefore you need to know the poems that can be named by the examiners. Below is a table that sets out the possible named questions. Of course, knowing others will help, but as a minimum you should know and revise the appropriate poems for the pair you've studied and the tier for which you're entered.
Heaney and Clarke (Foundation)
| Heaney | Clarke | Pre-1914 |
| Mid-Term Break | Baby Sitting | The Eagle |
| Follower | On the Train | Song of the Old Mother |
| Digging | Catrin | On My First Sonne |
| Death of a Naturalist | The Field Mouse | ‘I love to see the summer’ |
Heaney and Clarke (Higher)
| Heaney | Clarke | Pre-1914 |
| At Potato Digging | Cold Knap Lake | Patrolling Barnegat |
| Storm on the Island | A Difficult Birth | The Affliction of Margaret |
| Digging | Catrin | On My First Sonne |
| Death of a Naturalist | The Field Mouse | ‘I love to see the summer’ |
Duffy and Armitage (Foundation)
| Duffy | Armitage | Pre-1914 |
| Stealing | ‘My father thought it’ | The Man He Killed |
| Salomé | November | Song of the Old Mother |
| Elvis' Twin Sister | Kid | On My First Sonne |
| Havisham | The Hitcher | The Laboratory |
Duffy and Armitage (Higher)
| Duffy | Armitage | Pre-1914 |
| Anne Hathaway | ‘Mother, any distance’ | Sonnet 130 |
| Before You Were Mine | Homecoming | My Last Duchess |
| Elvis' Twin Sister | Kid | On My First Sonne |
| Havisham | The Hitcher | The Laboratory |
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