Exam Details
| Subject | poetry – ii | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | m.a. english | |
| Department | ||
| Organization | rayalaseema university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | May, 2018 | |
| City, State | andhra pradesh, kurnool |
Question Paper
M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL/MAY 2018.
Second Semester
English
POETRY II
2 10121-A
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 70
SECTION — A
Answer any FOUR questions. 5½ 22 Marks)
1. Surrealism.
2. Postmodern trends in poetry.
3. Post war poetry.
4. Imagism.
5. Hellenism.
6. Symbolist movement.
7. Use of Myth.
8. The Victorian Temper.
SECTION — B
Answer any FOUR questions. 12 48 Marks)
9. Highlight the spirit of adventure in Tennyson's Ulysses.
Or
Bring out the salient features of Browning as a poet of man.
10. Write a critical note on Arnold's use of imagery in the poem Dover Beach.
Or
Explore the inter-relationship between the bird and Christ in The Windhover.
11. Give an account of the thematic significance of Sailing to Byzantium.
Or
Analyze the water imagery of The Waste Land, from the summer rain in the
beginning to the potentially redemptive shower at the end.
12. Attempt a critical analysis of W.H. Audens The Unknown Citizen.
Or
Explain the tone in W.H. Auden's The Unknown Citizen.
13. Comment on the use of irony in Philip Larkin's poetry.
Or
Critically examine the symbolic meaning in The Thought Fox.
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Second Semester
English
POETRY II
2 10121-A
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 70
SECTION — A
Answer any FOUR questions. 5½ 22 Marks)
1. Surrealism.
2. Postmodern trends in poetry.
3. Post war poetry.
4. Imagism.
5. Hellenism.
6. Symbolist movement.
7. Use of Myth.
8. The Victorian Temper.
SECTION — B
Answer any FOUR questions. 12 48 Marks)
9. Highlight the spirit of adventure in Tennyson's Ulysses.
Or
Bring out the salient features of Browning as a poet of man.
10. Write a critical note on Arnold's use of imagery in the poem Dover Beach.
Or
Explore the inter-relationship between the bird and Christ in The Windhover.
11. Give an account of the thematic significance of Sailing to Byzantium.
Or
Analyze the water imagery of The Waste Land, from the summer rain in the
beginning to the potentially redemptive shower at the end.
12. Attempt a critical analysis of W.H. Audens The Unknown Citizen.
Or
Explain the tone in W.H. Auden's The Unknown Citizen.
13. Comment on the use of irony in Philip Larkin's poetry.
Or
Critically examine the symbolic meaning in The Thought Fox.
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- american literature — i
- common wealth literature — i
- common wealth literature — ii
- drama – ii
- history of the english language and elt
- indian english literature – i
- indian literature in english translations
- introduction to linguistics
- literary criticism and theory – i
- novel – i
- novel — ii
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