ElectivrCoursein English-Vl(EEG-06)
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Programme:BDP
Assignment
Code:EEG-06iTMAl2009
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Max. Marks (20 X 5):
Answer | & 2 and any 3 of the remainingquestions.
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Scanthe following passages
and commenton their prosodicfeatures:
(a)
Touch her not scornfully
Think of her mournfully.
Gently and humanly;
Not of the remainsof her
Now is pure womanly.
(b)
Menily merrily shall I live now
Under the Blossomthat hangson the bough.
(c)
2.
T'hyway not mine, O Lord
I{owever dark it be:
Lead me by thine own hand
Clhooseout the path for me.
(d)
The Assyriancamedown like a wolf on the fold
And his cohortswere gleamingin purple and gold;
And the sheenof their spearswas like starson the sea.
When the blue wave rolls nightly on deepgalilee.
Explain any two of the following with referenceto the context.supplyingbrief
critical commentsof your own:
(a)
I-ike a poet hidden
In the light of thought,
Singinghyrnnsunbidden
Till the world is wrought
To sympathywith hopesand fears it heedednot.
(b)
The Earth, sayestthou? The Human race?
By me created?Sadits lot?
May: I haveno remembranceof suchplace:
Suchworld I fashionednot.
(c)
Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd:
Had anything beenwrong, we should certainly have heard.
' (d)
Our deedswere neither great nor rare.
Home is where we have to gather grace.
Answer any three of the following.
3. Write a note on Shakespeare's
sonnetswith specialreferenceto thoseprescribedfbr 1'611.
4. 'The Daffodils' is remarkablefor its accuracyof description. Would you agree? Ciive
reasonsfor your answer
5. 'To strive,to seek,to find, and not to yield' - to what extentdoes 'Ulysses' experess
the poet's belief of facing life at all cost.
6. In 'The Wild Swansat Coole' Yeatspresentsa contrastbetwdenchangeand permanence.
Show ho-wthe poet brings out this contrast.
7. Di$cussSarojini Naidu's 'PalanquinBearer' as a pageantof rhythmic movement.
8. Clriticallyappreciatein your orvn words 'The Raven'.
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