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B.A. I Year Examination English Literature: Major II/ Minor (Study of Poetry) Section - A (Very Short Questions) Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries 02 marks (50 words) 5x2= 10 Q1. Define Sonnet. Q2. What do you understand by simile? Give examples. Q3. Define Lyric. Give examples. Q4. Introduce the Pardoner in Chaucer's  Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. Q5. Explain the line, 'They also serve who only stand and wait'. Section - B (Short Answer Type Questions) Note: Attempt all five questions. Each question carries 06 marks (250 words) 5x6= 30 Q6. Discuss the characteristics of the Romantic Age. OR Introduce the Wife  of Bath in  Chaucer's  Prologue to the Canterbury Tales. Q7. Discuss the theme of the poem 'Death Be Not Proud '. OR Write a critical appreciation of the poem 'On His Blindness.' Q8. Summarise Canto III of 'The Rape of the Lock'. OR Discuss the theme of the poem 'The Solitary Reaper'. OR Discuss the various ...

B.A. I Year Exam English Literature: Major II/ Minor (Study of Poetry) Section - A (Very Short Questions) Note: Attempt all questions. Each question carries 02 marks (50 words) 5x2= 10 Q1. What is poetry? Q2. Define figures of speech. Q3. What is imagery? Q4. What is Hyperbole? Q5. Differentiate between epic and mock epic. Section - B (Short Answer Type Questions) Note: Attempt any five questions. Each question carries 06 marks (250 words) 5x6= 30 Q6. Explain the following: I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent That murmur soon replies, "God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts; who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state Is kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed And post o'er Land and Ocean without rest: They also serve who only stand and wait." Q7. Explain the  following: I saw her singing at her work And o'er the sickle bending; - I listened, motionless and still; ...