Nature and the physical world
What Nature and the physical world means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Shells, pebbles, jellyfish, sea anemones and other traces of life that make vulnerability tangible while inviting attentive care.
The barren earthly setting established through stark, monosyllabic imagery of winter such as 'iron' and 'stone'.
Topics that use Nature and the physical world
- Component 3: Poetry – Section A: Post-2000 Poetry – Poems of the Decade: An Anthology of the Forward Books of Poetry 2002–2011 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Component 3: Poetry – Section B: Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 – Pre-1900 – The Victorian Period – Christina Rossetti Selected Poems, editor Dinah Roe (Penguin, 2008) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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