Part-A▸ Shortest Questions with Answers
01. What is the rhyme scheme of ‘Sonnet XVIII’ by Shakespeare?
Ans. ‘Sonnet XVIII’ is a Shakespearean sonnet. It consists of three quatrains followed by a couplet, and it has the characteristic rhyme scheme as abab cdcd efef gg.
02. What is the subtitle of ‘Sonnet XVIII’?
Ans. The subtitle of ‘Sonnet XVIII’ is ‘Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?
03. What is the metaphysical conceit?
Ans. A metaphysical conceit is a complex, and often lofty literary device that makes a far-stretched comparison between a spiritual aspect of a person and a physical thing in the world.
04. What is dramatic monologue?
Ans. A verse form in which a single character expresses his feelings and thoughts is called a dramatic monologue.
05. What is the tone of the poem ‘To Daffodils’?
Ans. The poem has a sorrowful image of death. So, the tone is sad.
06. What does Herrick mean by ‘short spring’?
Ans. ‘Short spring’ means the short existence of human youth.
07. How dr, human beings disappear from the earth as stated in the poem “To Daffodils”?
Ans. Like daffodils we have a very short life in this world. Beauty is not going to stay forever. Just like the short duration of the flowers,
men too die away soon.
08. What is ‘the curfew’ in ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’?
Or, What does the word ‘curfew’ mean?
Ans. In the poem ‘the curfew’ means the bell rung at churches after the sunset.
09. What does Gray mean by the “inevitable hour”?
Ans. Thomas Gray remarks that whatever we gain in life by heroics acts, assuming power, beauty, and wealth has very least sustenance,
still life is perishable.
10. What are the twofold functions of the West Wind?
Ans. Destroyer and preserver are the twofold functions of the West Wind.
11. What is an ode?
Ans. An ode is a kind of lyrical poem in which the poet addresses someone to express his inner feeling. It ends with hope and consolation.
12. How does John Keats personify Autumn in the poem?
Or, How is autumn personified in the poem “To Autumn”?
Ans. Autumn is here personified as a season of ripe fruits, as a reaper as a winnower, a gleaner and a cider presser.
13. What is the Greek name of Ulysses?
Ans. The Greek name of Ulysses is Odysseus.
14. “I will drink life to the Lees.”-What figure of speech is used here?
Ans. Metaphor is used as life is compared to the lees of a wine-bottle.
15. Who is Telemachus?
Ans. Telemachus is the prince of Ithaca. He is the son of King Odysseus or Ulysses and queen Penelope.
16. How was the patriot received by his countrymen?
Ans. The speaker in the poem was the patriot received by his countrymen.
17. How many times does Elizabeth Barret Browning use the phrases ‘I Love Thee’?
Ans. The poet uses the phrases nine times.
18. What age does Elizabeth Barrett Browning belong to?
Ans. Elizabeth Barrett belongs to the Victorian Age.
19. What type of work ‘Because I Could not Stop for Death’ is?
Ans. ‘Because I Could not Stop for Death’ is a lyric poem on the theme of death. It contains six stanzas, each with four lines.
20. Who is Maud Gonne?
Ans. Maud Gonne is Irish revolutionist whom Yeats loved.
21. Who is Amy?
Ans. She is the mother of the dead child.
wife in the
22. What is the cause of conflict between husband and poem, ‘Home Burial’?.
Ans. Both are sad for their child but they disagree about how to grieve for their child.
23. What is the name of the wife in the poem “Home Burial”?
Ans. Amy is the name of the wife in the poem “Home Burial”.
24. What is Fern Hill?
Ans. The Poet’s aunt Ann Jones’ farm was called Fern Hill where he evokes joys, mysteries and wonders of childhood.
25. What does Dylan Thomas glorify in ‘Fern Hill’?
Ans. D. Thomas glorifies his childhood with his aunt in the poem ‘Fern Hill’.
26. What does the poet mean by ‘lilting house’?
Ans. By ‘lilting house’ the poet it means a house full of soft music.
27. What is the colour of the pike?
Ans. Deep green and golden colour.
28. “Killers from the egg”-What do you understand by this line?
Ans. It means that the fish is born with killing instinct.
29. Whom does Tagore address as ‘my Father’?
Ans. Tagore addresses God by the term ‘my Father’.
30. Which book of Tagore is the poem, ‘Where the mind is without fear’ taken from?
Ans. The poem ‘Where the mind is without fear’ is taken English version of ‘Gitanjali’.
31. How did the speaker’s sister of the poem, ‘Learning Grief die?
Ans. The speaker’s sister died of winter pneumonia.
32. What is a rhetorical question?
Ans. A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form that is asked to make a point rather than to elicit an answer.
33. What is irony?
Ans. Irony a figure of speech in which words are used in such a way that their intended meaning is different from the actual meaning of the words.
34. What is ode?
Ans. An ode is a lyric poem that expresses intense feelings, such as love, respect, or praise for someone or something. Like an elegy, an ode does not follow any strict format or structure, though it uses refrains or repeated lines. It is usually a long and elaborate poem, dignified or exalted in tone
and focuses on positive moods of life.
Part-B Short Questions
01. According to the poem ‘On His Blindness’, who serves God best?
02. How does John Milton get consolation?
Or, How does Milton find consolation at the end of the poem ‘On His Blindness’?
03. What is conceit? Give examples from The Good-Morrow’.
Or, Mention the conceits used in the poem ‘The Good-Morrow’.
04. What are the features of metaphysical poetry?
Or, What are the characteristics of metaphysical poetry?
05. What kind of life did the dead villagers lead?
Or, How does this poem idealise the ‘common man’?’
06. How was the life of the villagers in ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard?
07. How does Shelley treat the West Wind both as a destroyer and as preserver?
Or, How is the West Wind treated as both a destroyer and a preserver?
Or, What prayer does Shelley make to the West “Wind and why?
08. What is an ode?
09. How has the Autumn been personified in the poem ‘To Autumn’?
Or, Make a short description of Autumn.
10. Explain the music of Autumn.
Or, What are the songs of Autumn?
11. Write a short note on Romanticism.
12. How is Telemachus presented as a contrast to his father Ulysses?
13. Why does Ulysses prefer a life of action and adventure?
14. How is the patriot treated at the beginning?
Or, How did people receive the patriot a year ago?
15. How did the poet describe the scenario while crossing the ferry?
Or, At the time of crossing the ferry, how does Walt Whitman describe।different sights?
16. How is Death depicted in the poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death”?
17. What mystic elements do you find in ‘Because I Could not Stop for Death’?
18. What is Emily Dickinson’s attitude to life, death and eternity?
Or, What things did Emily Dickinson see on her way to eternity?
19. What does the poet value most for his daughter in ‘A Prayer for My Daughter’?
20. How is the theme of emotional and physical alienation handled in “Home Burial”?
21. How does Dylan Thomas portray the desire for infinite youth through the use of symbolism and imagery? What is the symbolic meaning of this poem?
Or, How does Dylan Thomas make the use of the colour images in ‘Fern Hill’?
22. Describe ‘Pike’ as an animal poem.
Or, What impression do you get of the physical feature of the ‘Pike’?
23. What spiritual elements/religious view do you find in ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’?
24. What is Rabindranath’s central concept of an ideal country?
25. Write the theme of the poem, ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’.
26. What is the message of Kaiser Haq in the poem ‘Learning Grief?
Or, Write a brief note on ‘Learning Grief.
27. What is fable? What are the features of fable?
28. What is Lampoon?
Part-C. Broad Questions
01. How does Shakespeare glorify/immortalise the beauty of his friend in ‘Sonnet XVIII’?
02. What are the images that Shakespeare uses to glorify his friend in ‘Sonnet XVIII”?
Or, Illustrate the images that Shakespeare used to immortalise his friendship in ‘the personnet 18: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day”?
03. How does Milton make up his mind to serve his Maker in his sonnet।’On His Blindness’?
Or, Explain the central idea of Milton’s sonnet, ‘On His Blindness’.
04. What are the different stages of love that you find in ‘The Good-Morrow”?
05. How does Robert Herrick develop the theme of transitoriness in the poem “To Daffodils”?
Or, How does Robert Herrick develop the theme of transitoriness of human life on earth? Explain.
06. Discuss the thematic aspects of ‘To Daffodils’.
Or, Write a critical appreciation of the poem ‘To Daffodils’.
07. How does Gray admonish the rich not to look down upon the common people?
Or, How does Gray glorify common men in his poem ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’?
Or, How does Gray present the simple country life in ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’?
08. Comment on Wordsworth as a poet of joy and solitude with reference to ‘I Wandered।Lonely as a Cloud’.
Or, Discuss Wordsworth as a poet of solitude with particular reference to ‘I Wandered a Lonely Cloud’.
Or, Discuss Wordsworth as a poet of joy with reference to ‘I Wandered a Lonely Cloud’.
09. Write on Wordsworth as a poet of nature in the light of his poem ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’.
Or, Mention some salient features of Wordsworth’s attitude towards nature.
Or, Comment on Wordsworth’s treatment of nature with reference to ‘I Wandered Lonely as a cloud’.
10. How does the experience of seeing the daffodils affect the poet?
Or, How did the daffodil flowers create an everlasting impression in the mind of Wordsworth?
Or, How did Wordsworth react to the daffodils in ‘I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud’?
11. Write a note on imagery in ‘Ode to the West Wind’ by P. B. Shelley.
Or, Write a short note on Shelley’s use of imagery with reference to ‘Ode to the West Wind’.
12. Comment on ‘Ulysses’ unquenchable thirst for knowledge and adventure.
Or, “Tennyson’s Ulysses represents the eternal spirit of man.” Do you agree? Substantiate your answer.
Or, Elaborate the Victorian spirit as reflected in the poem ‘Ulysses’.
13. What is a dramatic monologue? Evaluate “Ulysses” as a dramatic monologue.
14. What references to Greek mythology do you find in ‘Ulysses’?
15. What kind of Victorian picture can be found in the poem ‘Ulysses”?
16. Discuss Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s use of imagery in her sonnet ‘How Do I Love Thee’.
Or, Comment on the intensity of passion expressed in the ‘Sonnet 43’.
Or, Discuss the poet’s treatment of love in her sonnet ‘How Do I Love Thee’.
17. Evaluate “How do I Love Thee” as a love poem.
18. What are the elementary attributes that Yeats desire from his daughter?
Or, What type of virtues does Yeats desire from his daughter in the poem ‘A Prayer for My Daughter’?
19. What does the poet pray to God and why in the poem ‘A Prayer for My Daughter’?
Or, Write an essay on the personal elements in Yeats’s reference to ‘A Prayer for My Daughter’.
20. Write a critical appreciation of the poem “Home Burial”.
21. What image of childhood do you get from the poem ‘The Piano’?
22. Describe the uses of imagery in the poem, ‘Fern Hill’.
23. Discuss the treatment of childhood in the poem ‘Fern Hill’.
Or, How does Dylan Thomas recreate his childhood memories in ‘Fern Hill’?
24. How does the poem ‘Pike’ suggest picture of violence latent in human beings?
Or, Discuss Ted Hughes’ Pike symbolises the violent trait in human being. Elucidate.
25. How does Kaiser Haq elaborate on the process of learning grief?
Discuss Kaisar Haq’s treatment of grief in his ‘Learning Grief.
Or, Elucidate the poet’s grief in the poem, ‘Learning Grief.
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