M.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2017
First Semester
English
BRITISH POETRY
(CBCS 2014 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Section A (10 X 2 20)
Answer all questions.
1. Mention any four pilgrims referred in The Canterbury
Tales.
2. Why did Chaucer write the Prologue to the Canterbury
Tales?
3. Whose wedding does Spenser celebrate in

4. What is the backdrop of
5. When did John Dryden write for St. Cecilia's
6. What is a mock epic?
7. Who is Tithonus?
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8. How does William Wordsworth relate resolution and
independence?
9. Where do the Magi plan to go?
10. What is Hawk Roosting''?
Section B X 5 25)
Answer the following questions, choosing either or
11. What is the plan of the Prologue to the Canterbury
Tales?
Or
What is Chaucer's contribution to English Poetry?
12. How does Spenser describe the two brides?
Or
Bring out the significance of Lycidas'' as an elegy.
13. Give an account on St. Cecilia.
Or
Describe Belinda's beauty.
14. What is the central idea in John Keats Ode to a
Nightingale''?
Or
What message does P.B. Shelley convey through
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15. How does Ted Hughes depict hawk roosting?
Or
Explain the symbols in Journey of the
Section C X 10 30)
Answer any three of the following questions.
16. Examine the variety of characters in Chaucer's Prologue
to the Canterbury Tales.
17. Analyze Milton's as a pastoral elegy.
18. How does John Dryden glorify the power of music in
for St. Cecilia's
19. Trace the evolution of thought in William Wordsworth's
''Resolution and Independence''.
20. How does G.M. Hopkins Portray Suffering in his
Wreck of the Dentschland''?
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