1. Can social and political events motivate poets to write powerful poems What is the purpose of writing poetry on topical issues Give an example of such a poem.

2. Describe the difference between suspense, climax and denouement in a poem. Explain with relevant examples.

3. Define symbol. What is the difference between a symbol and an image Give examples of each.

4. Discuss the impulses underlying poetic innovation.

5. Write short notes on any two of the following topics (200 words each)

Persona in poetry

Free verse

Cliche

Colloquialism

Meter

Read the following four poems and answer the questions that follow each poem:

6. Behind the Door
-Dom Moraes

A corpse puts on my clothes A dead man fills my shoes with his infected feet My spectacles can't see I stand before a door hewn out of blackened stone to which I hold no key
The friends I made when young patrol the western shore They call me to betray all that I have, and came May be I will, some day, but this has tired me out, this trip to who I am.

Comment on the title of the poem.

What is the central idea of the poem

Discuss the images of 'corpse' and 'dead man'. What purpose does the repetition serve

Explain 'this trip to who I am'. What is
. the significance of this line?

7. The Professor

-Nissim Ezekiel

Remember me I am Professor Sheth.
Once I taught you geography. Now
I am retired, though my health is good. My
wife died some years back.
By God's grace, all my children
Are well-settled in life.
One is Sales Manager,
One is Bank Manger,
Both have cars.
Other also doing well, though not so well.
Every family must have black sheep.
Sarala and Tarala are married,
Their husbands are very nice boys.
You won't believe but I have eleven
grandchildren
How many issues you have? Three?
That is good. These are days of family planning.
I am not against. We have to change with times.

The idiom of this poem is 'Indian English'. Would you agree Give reasons.

Can you call this a dramatic monologue? Explain with reasons.

What do you understand by 'Every family must have black sheep'

What is the effect that the language of the poem produces?

8. Passing Time
-MayaAngelou

Your skin like dawn
Mine like musk
One paints the beginning
of a certain end.
The other, the end of a
sure beginning.

Is the title 'Passing Time' apt for the poem? Explain.

Comment on the structure of the poem.

Explain the significance of 'your skin like dawn I mine like musk'.

The poem is built on a set of binary oppositions. Do you agree Explain.

9. The Bustle in a House
-Emily Dickinson
The Bustle in a House
The Morning after Death
Is solemnest of industries
Enacted upon Earth-
The Sweeping up the Heart
And putting Love away
We shall not want to use again
Until Eternity-

Identify and explain the central metaphor.

What is the significance of the capitalization of certain words?

What is the irony in the term 'bustle' here?

10. Write a poem of 15 to 20 lines on anyone of the topics given below

Alone

Caged Bird

Hourglass

Shadow

Children