Expected Questions: M.A. English I Sem; Paper I - Poetry

Hareshwar Roy,


Q01. Discuss John Milton as a poet.
Q02. Discuss John Milton's Paradise Lost as an epic.
Q03. Who is the hero of Paradise Lost? Discuss.
Q04. Give a character sketch of Satan.
Q05. Discuss Milton's grand style.
 Q06. Discuss Valmiki as a poet.
Q07. Write the summary of Sundar Kand.
Q08. Justify the title 'Sundar Kand'.
Q09. Discuss Chaucer as the father of English poetry.
Q10. Discuss Chaucer's art of characterisation.
Q11. Discuss Chaucer's humour.
Q12. Chaucer's Prologue is a portrait gallery of the 14th Century England.
Q13. Give a character sketch of Pardoner.
Q14. Give a character sketch of Monk.
 Q15. Give a character sketch of the Wife of Bath.
Q17. Discuss Coleridge as a romantic poet.
Q18. Discuss the major theme of The Rime of the Ancient mariner.
Q19. Write a note on supernatural elements in The Rime of the Ancient mariner.
Q20. Discuss The Rime of the Ancient mariner as a romantic poem.
Q21. Discuss symbolic significance of albatross.
Q23. Discuss Shakespeare as a sonneteer.
Q24. Write a critical appreciation of Shakespeare's sonnet No. 23 & 24.
Q25. Discuss John Donne as a metaphysical poet.
Q26. Discuss John Donne as a love poet.
 Q27. Write a note on Donne's conceit.
Q28. Write a critical appreciation of 'The Canonization'.
Q29. Write a critical appreciation of 'The Good Morrow'.
Q30. Write a critical appreciation of Donne's Extasie.
Q31. Discuss John Dryden as a satirist.
Q32. Discuss Absalom and Achitophel as a political satire.
Q33. Give a character sketch of Zimri.
Q34. Discuss Alexander Pope as a satirist.
Q35. Discuss The Rape of the Lock as a mock heroic poem.
Q36. Discuss The Rape of the Lock as a social satire.
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Currently Dr. Roy is working as Professor of English at Govt. P.G. College Satna, Madhya Pradesh. He is the author of the following books: (1) Diasporic Articulation in the Novels of M.G. Vassanji (2) A Study of M.G. Vassanji 's Novels (3) Varieties of Indianity in the Works of M.G. Vassanji & Rohinton Mistry (4)Diaspora & Indian Diaspora: A Brief Study (5) Short Notes of English Literature - I (6) Short Notes of English Literature - II (7) हमार पहचान ह भोजपुरी - भोजपुरी कविता संकलन (8) हमरा प्यार हो गइल - भोजपुरी गज़ल संकलन (9) भोजपुरी कविताएँ

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