MAEG-04
June Examination 2017
M.A. (Prev.) English Examination
The Romantic Age
Paper MAEG-04
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 80
Note: The question paper is divided into three sections B and C. Write answers as per given instructions.
Section A 8 × 2 16
(Very Short Answer Questions)
Note: This section has 8 very short answer type questions (one word, one sentence and definition type item) having the weightage of 16 marks. Examinees will have to attempt all questions. Each question carries 2 marks and the maximum word limit for answers is 30 words.
What is the distinction between a simile and a metaphor?
In which poem, the sub-terranian river Alph has been referred to?
What sort of atmosphere does Coleridge build in his Ballad of the Ancient Mariner.
Where is the pleasure dome built by Kubla Khan is situated?
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MAEG-04 2400 3 (Contd.)
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Give an example of personification from Keats's Ode to
Autumn.
Who appreciated the Indian jugglers?
Which are the three stage movements in a classical ode?
(viii) Write the title of Mary Shelley's book prescribed for you.
Section B 4 × 8 32
(Short Answer Questions)
Note: This section contains 8 short type questions. Examinees
are supposed to answer any 4 question. Each question
carries 8 marks. The weightage of this section is 32 marks.
Limit your answers to 200 words.
What is the Christian theme in Coleridge's Ancient Mariner?
Comment upon the myth of Urania and Adonais as mentioned
in Shelley's Adonais.
What is the significance of the Skylark in Shelley's poem
"A skylark"?
Discuss the ideas of Wordsworth regarding poetic diction and
metrical composition.
Discuss 'Kubla Khan' by Coleridge as a fragment of a dream.
Trace the supernatural element in Coleridge's Christabel.
Write a note on Shelley as a Romantic Poet.
What information can you furnish about the Grecian Urn which
figures in Keats's Ode on a Grecian Urn?
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Section C 2 × 16 32
(Long Answer Questions)
Note: This section contains 4 long answer type questions. Each
question carries 16 marks. Examinees are required to
answer any 2 questions. The weightage of this section is
32 marks. The limit of each answer is 500 words.
10) Sum up the ideas of William Hazlitt's essay "On Going a
Journey".
11) Discuss Lord Byron's Vision of Judgement as an occasional
satire.
12) Make your observations on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
13) Write a critical appreciation of Charles Lamb's essay Imperfect
Sympathies.