Honours 1st Year Exam 2023
Department: English Introduction to Poetry 211105

Part-B Short Questions

  1. According to the poem ‘On His Blindness’, who serves God best?
  2. How does John Milton get consolation?

Or, How does Milton find consolation at the end of the poem ‘On His Blindness’?

  1. What is conceit? Give examples from The Good-Morrow’.

Or, Mention the conceits used in the poem ‘The Good-Morrow’.

  1. What are the features of metaphysical poetry?

Or, What are the characteristics of metaphysical poetry?

  1. What kind of life did the dead villagers lead?

Or, How does this poem idealise the ‘common man’?’

  1. How was the life of the villagers in ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard?
  2. How does Shelley treat the West Wind both as a destroyer and as preserver?

Or, How is the West Wind treated as both a destroyer and a preserver?

Or, What prayer does Shelley make to the West “Wind and why?

  1. What is an ode?
  2. How has the Autumn been personified in the poem ‘To Autumn’?

Or, Make a short description of Autumn.

  1. Explain the music of Autumn.

Or, What are the songs of Autumn?

  1. Write a short note on Romanticism.
  2. How is Telemachus presented as a contrast to his father Ulysses?
  3. Why does Ulysses prefer a life of action and adventure?
  4. How is the patriot treated at the beginning?

Or, How did people receive the patriot a year ago?

  1. How did the poet describe the scenario while crossing the ferry?

Or, At the time of crossing the ferry, how does Walt Whitman describe।different sights?

  1. How is Death depicted in the poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”?
  2. What mystic elements do you find in ‘Because I Could not Stop for Death’?
  3. What is Emily Dickinson’s attitude to life, death and eternity?

Or, What things did Emily Dickinson see on her way to eternity?

  1. What does the poet value most for his daughter in ‘A Prayer for My Daughter’?
  2. How is the theme of emotional and physical alienation handled in “Home Burial”?
  3. How does Dylan Thomas portray the desire for infinite youth through the use of symbolism and imagery? What is the symbolic meaning of this poem?

Or, How does Dylan Thomas make the use of the colour images in ‘Fern Hill’?

  1. Describe ‘Pike’ as an animal poem.

Or, What impression do you get of the physical feature of the ‘Pike’?

  1. What spiritual elements/religious view do you find in ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’?
  2. What is Rabindranath’s central concept of an ideal country?
  3. Write the theme of the poem, ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’.
  4. What is the message of Kaiser Haq in the poem ‘Learning Grief?

Or, Write a brief note on ‘Learning Grief.

  1. What is fable? What are the features of fable?
  2. What is Lampoon?

Part-C. Broad Questions

  1. How does Shakespeare glorify/immortalise the beauty of his friend in ‘Sonnet XVIII’?
  2. What are the images that Shakespeare uses to glorify his friend in ‘Sonnet XVIII”?

Or, Illustrate the images that Shakespeare used to immortalise his friendship in ‘the personnet 18: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day”?

  1. How does Milton make up his mind to serve his Maker in his sonnet।’On His Blindness’?

Or, Explain the central idea of Milton’s sonnet, ‘On His Blindness’.

  1. What are the different stages of love that you find in ‘The Good-Morrow”?
  2. How does Robert Herrick develop the theme of transitoriness in the poem “To Daffodils”?

Or, How does Robert Herrick develop the theme of transitoriness of human life on earth? Explain.

  1. Discuss the thematic aspects of ‘To Daffodils’.

Or, Write a critical appreciation of the poem ‘To Daffodils’.

  1. How does Gray admonish the rich not to look down upon the common people?

Or, How does Gray glorify common men in his poem ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’?

Or, How does Gray present the simple country life in ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’?

  1. Comment on Wordsworth as a poet of joy and solitude with reference to ‘I Wandered।Lonely as a Cloud’.

Or, Discuss Wordsworth as a poet of solitude with particular reference to ‘I Wandered a Lonely Cloud’.

Or, Discuss Wordsworth as a poet of joy with reference to ‘I Wandered a Lonely Cloud’.

  1. Write on Wordsworth as a poet of nature in the light of his poem ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’.

Or, Mention some salient features of Wordsworth’s attitude towards nature.

Or, Comment on Wordsworth’s treatment of nature with reference to ‘I Wandered Lonely as a cloud’.

  1. How does the experience of seeing the daffodils affect the poet?

Or, How did the daffodil flowers create an everlasting impression in the mind of Wordsworth?

Or, How did Wordsworth react to the daffodils in ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’?

  1. Write a note on imagery in ‘Ode to the West Wind’ by P. B. Shelley.

Or, Write a short note on Shelley’s use of imagery with reference to ‘Ode to the West Wind’.

  1. Comment on ‘Ulysses’ unquenchable thirst for knowledge and adventure.

Or, “Tennyson’s Ulysses represents the eternal spirit of man.” Do you agree? Substantiate your answer.

Or, Elaborate the Victorian spirit as reflected in the poem ‘Ulysses’.

  1. What is a dramatic monologue? Evaluate “Ulysses” as a dramatic monologue.
  2. What references to Greek mythology do you find in ‘Ulysses’?
  3. What kind of Victorian picture can be found in the poem ‘Ulysses”?
  4. Discuss Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s use of imagery in her sonnet ‘How Do I Love Thee’.

Or, Comment on the intensity of passion expressed in the ‘Sonnet 43’.

Or, Discuss the poet’s treatment of love in her sonnet ‘How Do I Love Thee’.

  1. Evaluate “How do I Love Thee” as a love poem.
  2. What are the elementary attributes that Yeats desire from his daughter?

Or, What type of virtues does Yeats desire from his daughter in the poem ‘A Prayer for My Daughter’?

  1. What does the poet pray to God and why in the poem ‘A Prayer for My Daughter’?

Or, Write an essay on the personal elements in Yeats’s reference to ‘A Prayer for My Daughter’.

  1. Write a critical appreciation of the poem “Home Burial”.
  2. What image of childhood do you get from the poem ‘The Piano’?
  3. Describe the uses of imagery in the poem, ‘Fern Hill’.
  4. Discuss the treatment of childhood in the poem ‘Fern Hill’.

Or, How does Dylan Thomas recreate his childhood memories in ‘Fern Hill’?

  1. How does the poem ‘Pike’ suggest picture of violence latent in human beings?

Or, Discuss Ted Hughes’ Pike symbolises the violent trait in human being. Elucidate.

  1. How does Kaiser Haq elaborate on the process of learning grief?

Discuss Kaisar Haq’s treatment of grief in his ‘Learning Grief.

Or, Elucidate the poet’s grief in the poem, ‘Learning Grief.