Spring Semester examinations 2016
Paro College of Education
Royal University of Bhutan
Paro
Module: ENG 409 (Teaching of Poetry) Programme: B. Ed (S)
Writing Time: Three hours
Level: IV
Full Marks: 100
Instructions: Do not write during the first 15 minutes. Use this time for reading the questions.
You will get full three hours for answering the questions. Write the answers to all the
questions in the answer sheets provided by the college. Read the directions to each section and
to each question carefully before answering the questions. Once the writing time begins, you
are not allowed to ask questions, speak with others, or move around. Do not leave the
examination hall before you are certain that all the questions, as directed in the paper, have
been answered.
SECTION A
FIVE Questions- 5 Marks
Answer ALL questions
Direction: This section has five questions. Write the number of the correct answer in your
answer script. All the questions carry equal marks.
Question 1
(5 X 1= 5)
a. Wordsworth defined poetry as
A.
B.
C.
D.
spontaneous overflow of powerful emotions.
spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings.
spontaneous overflow of powerful spirits.
spontaneous overflow of powerful sentiments.
b. Poetry is one of the subcategories of literature along with
A.
B.
C.
D.
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drama and novel.
drama, novel and short story.
drama, novel, short story and essay.
drama, novel, short story, essay, epic, etc.
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c. A narrative poem tells a story but an ode expresses
A.
B.
C.
D.
a strong feeling of love or respect for someone or something.
feelings of love or respect for someone or something.
feeling of contentment or joy for someone or something.
a strong feeling of rejection of love for someone or something.
d. Splash, drip, squirt and zoom are examples of
A.
B.
C.
D.
alliteration.
assonance.
onomatopoeia.
metaphor.
e. If a poem is filled with allusions, it denotes that the poem contains
A.
B.
C.
D.
direct references of gods and goddesses.
indirect reference of something or someone.
direct reference of something or someone.
indirect references of gods and goddesses.
SECTION B
FIVE Questions-5 Marks
Direction: This section has five questions. Answer all the five by filling up the blanks with an
appropriate word, phrase or a sentence. All the questions carry equal marks.
Question 2
(5 X1 = 5)
a. When human-like qualities are given to an animal or object, it is
called
.
b. “Oh bright angel, speak again” is an example of
.
c. Haiku can be defined as_
.
d. Cinquain is a
lined poem that begins with one word in the beginning and
end the poem with
word.
e. A poem that expresses personal thoughts and emotions and which can often be sung is
called
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SECTION C
TWO Questions-30 Marks
Direction: This section contains four questions. Write short notes on any two. Marks will be
awarded for precise language and coverage of content.
Question 3
a.
b.
c.
d.
(2 X 15 = 30)
Dramatic monologue and soliloquy.
Origin of poetry.
Figurative devises used in poetry.
Sonnet and its types.
SECTION D
THREE Questions-60 Marks
Direction: This section contains four questions. Choose any three. Marks will be awarded for
clarity, preciseness and critical analysis.
Question 4
(3 X 20 = 60)
a. Given below is a poem by Maya Angelou. Show how you will teach Angelou’s “Caged
Bird” to class VII students.
Caged Bird
A free bird leaps
on the back of the wind
and floats downstream
till the current ends
and dips his wing
in the orange sun rays and
dares to claim the sky.
But a bird that stalks
down his narrow cage
can seldom see through
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his bars of rage
his wings are clipped and
his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
The free bird thinks of another breeze
and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees
and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn
and he names the sky his own
But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams
his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
his wings are clipped and his feet are tied
so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings
with a fearful trill
of things unknown
but longed for still
and his tune is heard
on the distant hill
for the caged bird
sings of freedom.
b. Discuss any four approaches to teaching poetry.
c. Discuss five elements of poetry. In what ways does modern poetry differ from traditional
poems?
(10 + 10)
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d. John Keats’ poem Ode to Autumn is taken from class IX English syllabus. Analyse and
critic this poem. Analysis should include technical details like rhythm and rhyming
patterns, figures of speech, form and overall mood of the poem.
(20)
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease;
For Summer has o'erbrimm'd their clammy cells.
Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Sometimes whoever seeks abroad may find
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor,
Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind;
Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep,
Drowsed with the fume of poppies, while thy hook
Spares the next swath and all its twinèd flowers:
And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep
Steady thy laden head across a brook;
Or by a cyder-press, with patient look,
Thou watchest the last oozings, hours by hours.
Where are the songs of Spring? Ay, where are they?
Think not of them, thou hast thy music too,—
While barrèd clouds bloom the soft-dying day
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;
Then in a wailful choir the small gnats mourn
Among the river-sallows, borne aloft
Or sinking as the light wind lives or dies;
And full-grown lambs loud bleat from hilly bourn;
Hedge-crickets sing; and now with treble soft
The redbreast whistles from a garden-croft;
And gathering swallows twitter in the skies.
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