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Total No. of Questions : 6

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[Total No. of Printed Pages : 6

EF-559

M.A. Ist Semester (Reg/Pvt/ATKT)

Examination, 2021-22

English

Paper - I

Poetry

Time : 3 Hours]

[Maximum Marks :
Reg.= 85
Pvt.= 100

Note :- Attempt all questions.

SECTION - 'A'

Objective Type Questions

8x1=8

1. Choose the correct answer :

(i) How many characters are there in the Prologue ?

(a) 25

(b) 29

(c) 31

(d) 39

(ii) In which country was the Sonnet first used as a poetic form ?

(a) England

(b) Greece

(c) Italy

(d) France

(iii) What is Milton's purpose in Paradise Lost ?

(a) To assert his superiority to other poets

(b) To argue with his readers

(c) To justify the ways of God to men

(d) To make his poetry hard to understand

(iv) Metaphysical poets used many types of 'Comparisons', which are called :

(a) Similar

(b) Paradoxes

(c) Metaphor

(d) Conceits

(v) Dryden was born in the year..........:

(a) 1631

(b) 1731

(c) 1361

(d) 1617

(vi) What is the name of Belinda's Lapdog ?

(a) Thunder

(b) Storm

(c) Shock

(d) Devil

(vii) "Ruin seize thee, ruthless king", which king Thomas Gray is talking about ?

(a) King George

(b) King Henry

(c) King Edward

(d) King Phillip

(viii) "A Poison Tree" by William Blake, is a poem, that focuses on the emotion of :

(a) Love

(b) Hatred

(c) Anger

(d) Kindness

SECTION - 'B'

Short Answer Type Questions

3x7=21

2. Explain with reference to the context marks Any Three of the following :-

(i) "He wook and tolde his felawe what he mette.
And Preyde hym his viage for to lette;
As for that day, he preyed hym to byde
His felawe, that lay by his beddes syde".

(ii) "Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace
And rest- can never dwell, hope never comes
That-comes to all but torture without end
Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed
With ever burning sulpher unconsumed
Such place Eternal Justice had prepared".

(iii) "Oh say what stranger cause,
Yet unex plor'd cond make a
Genthe Belle reject a Lord ?
In Tasks sobold, can Little Men engage,
and in soft Bosoms dwell such Mighty Rage ?

(iv) "All human things are subject to decay,
And, when fate summons, monarchs nun-obey,
This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, yourge
Was call'd to empire, and had soverne'd long.".

(v) "Mighty victor, mighty lord,
Low on his funeral couch he lies!
No pitying heart, no ege, afford
A tear to grace his obsequies."

(vi) "Can I see ano thers woe
And not be in sorrow too ?
Can I see anothers grief
And not seek for kind relief?

SECTION - 'C'

Long Answer Type Questions

4x14=56

Note :- Answer four question choosing one from each unit.

3. Write an essay on the social and political tendencies of the age of chaucer.

OR

Write a note on shakes pear's style and structure of Sonnet.

4. Discuss the character of satan as depicted in Milton's Para -- dise Lost.

OR

Write a note on John Donne as a metaphysical poet.

5. Describe Dryden's 'Mac-Flecknoe' as a satire.

OR

Do you think Belinda represents the 18th century women ?

6. Write a critical appreciation of Thomas Gray's poem "The Bard".

OR

Discuss the themes of William Blake's Poems.

OR

Critically appreciate William Collin's Poem "Ode to Evening".