English Literature A-Level

Ekphrastic

What Ekphrastic means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

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Describes a poem that responds to a painting, here translating Bruegel's visual composition into poetic form.

Pearson Edexcel · 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) (study guide)

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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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