English Literature A-Level
Animals and weather
What Animals and weather means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Animals and weather
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The year's first snow frightens the young Morgan colt, which shudders as if trying to cast the snow off like flies.
Topics that use Animals and weather
- Component 3: Poetry – Section B: Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 – Post-1900 – The Modernist Period – The Great Modern Poets, editor Michael Schmidt (Quercus, 2014) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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