EG-03
June Examination 2016
BA Pt. II Examination
Poetry and Drama II
Paper EG-03
Time 3 Hours Max. Marks 100
Note: The question paper is divided into three sections B and C. Write answers as per given instructions.
Section A 10 × 2 20
(Very Short Answer Questions)
Note: This section will contain ten very short answer type questions (one word, one sentence and definitional type item) having weightage of 20 (twenty) marks. Examinees will have to attempt all questions. Each question will be of 2 marks and maximum word limit will be thirty words.
Which figure of speech has been used in "Ten thousand saw I at a glance"?
What does Ozymandias refer to?
Who is Fra Pandolf in "My Last Duchess"?
What figure of speech is in "I wandered lonely as a cloud'?
604
EG-03 1000 3 (P.T.O.)
EG-03 1000 3 (Contd.)
604
How does Frost correspond to the Poet's mood in 'Frost
at Midnight'?
Which poem by Coloridge in confessional and is about
failure?
Why does poet prefer night to day in the Night'?
(viii) Who wrote curtail sonnets?
Who is Algernon's best friend?
What according to Hopkins, is our duty?
Section B 4 × 10 40
(Short Answer Questions)
Note: This section will contain eight short answer type
questions. Each question will be of ten marks. The
weightage of this section will be of forty marks.
Examinees will have to attempt any four questions.
Examinees have to delimit each answer in maximum 200
words.
Why does Duke draw the attention of the listener to the
bronze sculpture of Naptune taming a horse?
Comment on the significance of the word "last" in "My Last
Duchess".
Is "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" a poem about writer's block?
If so, how?
How is Jack related to Lady Bracknell?
How does Goldsmith describe the class divide in India in 'The
Deserted Village'? Elaborate.
EG-03 1000 3
604
Explain the line with reference and context "Wrap thy form in
a mantle gray, star inwrought"
Why does Wordsworth think that the girl's song will have no
ending?
What is the main idea of the poem, Night' by P. B. Shelley?
Section C 2 × 20 40
(Long Answer Questions)
Note: This section will contain four long answer type
questions. Each question will be of twenty marks.
Examinees will have to answer any two questions.
The weightage of this section will be of forty marks.
Examinees have to delimit each answer in maximum 500
words.
10) Compare Browning and Tennyson as poets.
11) Write an essay on the elements of nostalgia in "The Deserted
Village".
12) Write a critical appreciation of Hopkin's poem, "God's
Grandeur".
13) Write a note on Goldsmith and his contemporary drama and
fiction.