Poetry

(i) William Wordsworth was born at :

1. Canterbury
2. Cockermouth
3. Dublin
4. Cambridge

(ii) At what age did John Keats die :

1. 24 years
2. 25 years
3. 26 years
4. 27 years

(iii) Ulysses is the king of :

1. Grecce
2. Ithaca
3. Erotica
4. Icaria

(iv) The Last Ride Together' is a poem of...........stanzas :

1. 10
2. 12
3. 14
4. 16

(v) The Opening section of "The Waste Land" is entitled :

1. Shantih
2. Death By water
3. The Burial of The Dead
4. The fire sermon

(vi) W.B. Yeats got the Nobel Prize for Literature in :

1. 1919
2. 1921
3. 1923
4. 1925

(vii) Which one of the following is not written by W.H. Auden :

1. In Memory of W.B. Yeats
2. Stop all the clocks
3. Lullaby
4. The Lake Isle of Innisfree

(viii) World War II forced Dylan Thomas to get a full time job doing what for BBC :

1. Reporting on the war
2. Writing articles for the paper
3. Reporting on the economy
4. Writing scripts for the radio

(i) There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,

The earth, and every common sight,

To me did seem

Apparelled in celestial light,

The glory and the freshness of a dream.

OR

Beauty is truth, truth

Beauty, that is all Ye

know on earth, and all

Ye need to know.

(ii) Thou hast not lived, why should'st thou perish, so ?

Thou hadst one aim, one business, one desire,

Else wert thou long since number'd with the dead.

OR

But there on the shining metal

Where the alter should have been,

OR

Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means,

Time held me green and dying

Though I song in my chains live the sea.

Write a note on William Wordsworth as a poet of Nature.

OR

Give a critical appreciation and, analysis of the poem 'The Cloud' displaying the use of imagery by the poet.

Write a note on John Keats as a writer of Odes with Special reference to the odes prescribed in your syllabus.

OR

Compare and contrast Tennyson's poems 'Ulysses' and 'Lotus Eaters'.

Evaluate Matthew Arnold's poem 'The Scholar Gypsy' as a criticism of life.

OR

Write a note on Robert Browning as poet of dramatic monologues with special reference to his poem 'The List Ride Together.

Discuss 'The Waste Land' as a modern poem.

OR

Give a critical appreciation of the poem 'The Second Coming'.

Critically evaluate W.H. Anden's poem. 'The schield of Achil-les'.

OR

Evaluate 'Fem Hill' as an allegorical poem.