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MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAMME IN
ENGLISH (MEG)
Term-End Examination
June, 2023
MEG-01 : BRITISH POETRY
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : (i) Question No. 1 is compulsory.
(ii) Attempt five questions in all.
(iii) All questions carry equal marks.
Compulsory
1. Answer any two of the following with reference
to the context : 2×10=20
(a) Was it a dreame, or did I see it playne,
a goodly table of pure yvory :
all spred with iuncats, fit to entertayne,
the greatest prince with pompous roialty.
(b) All human things are subject to decay,
And when fate summons monarchs must obey.
P. T. O.
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(c) Morning and evening
Maids heard the goblins cry :
“Come buy our orched fruits,
Come buy, come buy : ....”
(d) That is no country for old men
The young
In one another’s arms, birds in the trees
–Those dying generations & at their song,
The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded
seas.
Note : Answer any four of the following.
2. Examine the main characteristics of
metaphysical poetry, giving examples from the
poems in your course. 20
3. Analyze the different thematic strands in
‘Lycidias’. 20
4. Would you consider Alexander Pope’s ‘An
Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot’ to be a satire ?
Discuss. 20
5. Comment on the “Uniqueness of Byron and
Shelley” as poets. 20
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6. Discuss the Pre-Raphaelite treatment of women
based on your reading of ‘My Sister’s Sleep’ and
‘The Blessed Damozel’. 20
7. Write a critique of any one of the following
poets : 20
(a) Andrew Marvell
(b) T. S. Eliot
(c) Oscar Wilde
(d) Dylan Thomas
8. Attempt a critical appreciation of any one of
the following poems : 20
(a) ‘Affection’
(b) ‘Alexander’s Feast on the Power of Music’
(c) ‘The Waste Land’
(d) ‘Fern Hill’/‘Purdah’
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