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SECOND SEMESTER B.A./B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2020

(CBCSS—UG)
English
ENG 2B 02—APPRECIATING POETRY
(2019 Admissions)

Time : Two Hours and a Half Maximum : 80 Marks

I. Answer the following questions in two or three sentences (2 marks each) :

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Why does Shakespeare say that his beloved is superior to nature ?

Identify the speaker of the poem “La Belle Dame Sans Merci”.

Explain the lines, “the words of a dead man/ are modified in the guts of the living” ?
What is the significance of the Duke mentioning the name Fra Pandolf ?

Why does Pope address man as ‘presumptuous’ ?

What does the act of wearing mask signify ?

Indulging in what activities are dangerous and not advisable according to Nazim Hikmet ?
What advice is given to the son by the mother ?

Explain the expression ‘martyred slaves of time’.

Mention two things that the river does not know.

How does the poet account for the ecstasy of the skylark ?

What is the reply given by Patience to John Milton ?

What is the prayer that Dylan Thomas makes at the end of the poem ?

What is Performance Poetry ?

What is Metonymy ? Give an example.
(Ceiling 25 marks)

11. Answer the following questions in a paragraph (5 marks each) :

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Consider Milton’s poem as a crisis poem.
What are the arguments used by the lover in Donne’s poem to console his beloved ?
“Tonight I Can Write the Saddest Lines” is about love, loss of love and survival. Discuss.

Discuss the poignancy and the irony of the title of the poem “Without Title”.

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