IGCSE Poetry Vol 2 Part 3 - Exam Practice Questions (ALL POEMS + MODEL ANSWERS)

This bundle contains a complete set of IGCSE mock exam questions and model answers for all 15 poems of the IGCSE English Literature syllabus 2025-2027. Specifically, there is a mock exam for each of the following poems:

From Songs of Ourselves Volume 2, Part 3, the following 15 poems:

• Nancy Fotheringham Cato, ‘The Road’
• Sarah Jackson, ‘The Instant of My Death’
• Arun Kolatkar, ‘The Bus’
• Julius Chingono, ‘At the Bus Station’
• Imtiaz Dharker, ‘These are the Times We Live in’
• Elizabeth Jennings, ‘The Enemies’
• Sampurna Chattarji, ‘Boxes’
• W H Auden, ‘The Capital’
• Arthur Yap, ‘an afternoon nap’
• Elizabeth Smither, ‘Plaits’
• Elizabeth Daryush, ‘Children of Wealth’
• Thomas Love Peacock, ‘Rich and Poor or, Saint and Sinner’
• Musaemura Zimunya, ‘A Long Journey’
• Stevie Smith, ‘Touch and Go’
• George Szirtes, ‘Song’

For each poem I’ve included:

1. Exam Quesion Paper (modelled after IGCSE English Literature Paper 1 exam. Where possible, I’ve used past paper questions!)

2. Essay Model Answer (as a teacher’s guide and as a guide for marking student responses in a mock exam (or other) setting.

I’ve taken great care to include high quality, authentic model answers that can be used as a way to revise and prepare for the exam independently, too!

***Happy teaching, marking, and revising!

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