DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, DECEMBER 2017.
POETRY
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
PART A — x 8 40 marks)
Answer any FIVE of the following.
1. Consider Keats as a poet of Sensuous with special
reference to Eve of St. Agnes''.
2. Discuss the poetic style of Milton.
3. Write the critical appreciation of the poem Scholar
Gipsy''.
4. How does T.S. Eliot describe the barren land?
5. Write a note on Emily Dickinson's philosophy of life.
6. How does Frost describe nature in his poem
Running
7. Trace curative or Healing purpose in Nissim Ezekiel's
poems.
8. Critically analyse the poem Lonely
PART B — 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. Consider Spenser as a poet with reference to
''Prothalaamion''.
10. Discuss the humorous setting of Flecknoe''.
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11. Describe the poetic qualities of Robert Browning.
12. How does Sylvia plath address death in her poem

13. Write the contribution of Kamala Das to the Indian
writing in English.
14. Assess the characteristics of Daruwalla's poem.
15. Summarise the theme of the poem Time Around''.
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