Poetry and Drama

Max Marks: 30

Note: The Question paper is divided into three sections A, B, and C. Write Answer as per the given instruction.

Section-A (Very Short Answer Type Questions)

Note: Answer all questions. As per the nature of the question you delimit your answer in one word, one sentence or maximum up to 30 words. Each question carries 1 mark.       6×1=06

1. To which school does Milton belongs and why?
2. What is lyricism?
3. Why did Antonio and Bassanio go to Shylock?
4. What is quatrain?
5. What is the theme of the sonnet ‘On his Twenty third Birthday’?
6. Why does Pope advise man to study himself and not God?

Section-B (Short Answer Questions)

Note: Answer any 4 questions. Each answer should not exceed 100 words. Each question carries 3 marks. 4×3=12

1. Describe the theme of the poem ‘Death be not proud’.
2. Discuss chief characteristics of seventeenth century poetry with special reference to Milton.
3. Discuss Symbolism with reference to Blake’s The Chimney Sweeper’
4. What message does Pope wishes to give through his poem ‘Essay on Man’.
5. Explain the significance of Anthony’s final speech, beginning with the line, ‘This was the noblest Roman of them all’.

Section-C (Long Answer Questions)

Note: Answer any two questions. You have to delimit your each answer maximum up to 400 words. Each question carries 06 marks.

1. Comment on the significance of Shakespearean soliloquies.
2. Critically examine the poem ‘ A song for St. Cecilia’s Day’.
3. Critically examine Shakespeare’s poem ‘ Let Me Not To My Marriage Of True Minds’.
4. Throw light on the significance of Chorus in the poem ‘ A song for St. Cecilia’s Day’.

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