ENGLISH HONOURS

SIXTH PAPER
F.M.: 100
1.
(5X1=5)

TIME: 4 HOURS

Attempt

any

five:

any

ten:

(i) Name one prose work of Shelley.

(ii) Who is the author of Imaginary Conversations?
(iii) Which poem of Keats is based on a tale by Boccaccio?
(iv) What is the pen-name of Charles Lamb?
(v) Who wrote Political Justice?
(vi) Which verse form is used in The Prelude?
(vii) What is Jane Austens first novel?
(viii) Name any two lake poets.
2.
(10X2=20)

Attempt

(i) What imagery do you find in the following lines:

When the stars threw down their spears,
And waterd heaven with their tears?
(ii) for such loss, I would believe, / Abundant recompense What is this abundant recompense?
(iii) Our noisy years seem moments in the being / Of the eternal Silence: --- Explain.
(iv) How our sweetest songs can tell of saddest thoughts?
(v) Why does the poet bring the reference of unextinguished hearth in Ode to the West Wind?
(vi) Though the dull brain perplexes and retards: --- What does the poet exactly mean by dull brain?
(vii) They cried, - La belle Dame sans Merci / Hath thee in thrall! --- Why did they say so?
(viii) There she sees a damsel bright --- Who is she? How does she describe the damsel?
(ix) I was in the condition of a prisoner in the old Bastille --- Explain.
(x) But she said, those innocents would do no harm --- Who were those innocents referred to here?
(xi) Why does Hazlitt object to Dr. Johnsons style?
(xii) What do you know about Religio Medici?
3.
(a)
(6X2=12)

Explain

with

(i) Darkling I listen; and, for many a time

I have been half in love with easeful Death,
Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme,
To take into the air my quiet breath;
Now more than ever seems it rich to die,

reference

to

the

context:

(ii) Farewell, old cronies, yet not for long, for again and again I will come among ye, if I shall have your
leave. Farewell Ch dry, sarcastic, and friendly! Do mild, slow to move, and gentlemanly! Pl
officious to do, and to volunteer, good services! and thou, thou dreary pile, fit mansion for a
Gresham or a Whittington of old, stately House of Merchants; with thy labyrinthine passages, and lightexcluding, pent-up offices, where candles for one half the year supplied the place of the suns light;
unhealthy contributor to my weal, stern fosterer of my living, farewell!...
(b)
(6X3=18)

Attempt

any

three:

(i) What conviction does the poet reveal to his sister at the ending of the poem Tintern Abbey?
(ii) What is the significance of the last line of the poem Ode to the West Wind?
(iii) What pathetic note do you find in Lambs essay Dream Children: A Reverie?
(iv) One of the pleasantest things in the world is going a journey Describe, after the author, the
pleasures of going a journey.
4.
(15)

Attempt

any

one:

(i) Write a short essay on the impact of the French Revolution on the romantic poets.
(ii) Comment on Sir Walter Scotts contribution to the English novel.
5.
(15)

Attempt

any

one:

(i) Discuss on Austens use of irony as an instrument of social criticism in Pride and Prejudice.
(ii) Do you accept the view that Darcy represents both pride and prejudice? Answer with close
reference from the text.
6.
(15)

Attempt

any

one:

(i) How does Keats explore the capacity of imagination to transcend reality in the Ode to the
Nightingale?
(ii) Do you consider Christabel as a poem of a journey from innocence to experience? Justify your
answer.

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