DISTANCE EDUCATION
M.A. (English) DEGREE EXAMINATION, MAY 2017.
POETRY
Time Three hours Maximum 100 marks
SECTION A — 8 40 marks)
Write short answers for any FIVE of the following.
1. Write a short note on nature in "Tintern Abbey".
2. What does Sylvia plath wish to convey through her poem
lady
3. Justify the comment that Hyacinth' express the desire
to return to the innocent world of childhood.
4. Consider Emersons 'Jerminus' as an autobiographical
poem.
5. How does Mahapatra express his pessimistic view in his
poem waiting?
6. Justify the fact that the poem 'Dedication' glorifies both
the mother and mother earth.
7. Explain how the poem sea-Chantey' celebrates the
island and the islanders.
8. How does Vincent Sullivan describe children in his
poem?
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SECTION B — × 15 60 marks)
Answer any FOUR of the following.
9. Attempt a critical appreciation of Dryden's "Macflaonol".
10. Consider Arnold's 'The scholar Cripsy' as an allegory.
11. Describe the various points of view expressed in the
arguments of the fallen angels in paradise last Book II.
12. Write a critical estimate of the poem 'Ode on a Grecian
Urn".
13. Write an essay on the theme of death as delineated in the
poems of Emily Dickinson.
14. What are the remarkable features of Nissim Ezykiel's
poetry?
15. Write an essay on the theme of love in Kamala Das
poems.