Unit-1

Long Answer Questions (10 Marks Each)

1. Discuss the concept of ideal and eternal love in “Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds” by William Shakespeare. How does the poet define true love?

2. Analyze the theme of immortality through poetry in “One Day I Wrote Her Name upon the Strand” by Edmund Spenser. How does the poet assert the power of verse over time?

3. Examine the expression of spiritual and divine love in “How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. How does the poet elevate personal love to a higher plane?

4. Compare the treatment of love in the sonnets of William Shakespeare and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. How do their perspectives differ in tone, structure, and philosophy?

5. Discuss the use of imagery and poetic devices in any two of the prescribed sonnets. How do these devices contribute to the central theme?

5 Marks Questions (Short Answer Type)

1. What metaphor does William Shakespeare use to describe true love in “Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds”?

2. Why does the beloved initially reject the poet’s claim in Spenser’s sonnet? Explain briefly.

3. What is meant by “depth and breadth and height” in Browning’s sonnet?

4. Identify the sonnet form (Shakespearean/Petrarchan) used in each of the three prescribed poems.

5. How does the theme of time function in “One Day I Wrote Her Name upon the Strand”?

Unit-2 

10 Marks Questions (Long Answer Type)

1. Discuss the themes of sin, punishment, and redemption in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.

2. Analyze the element of supernaturalism in La Belle Dame sans Merci by John Keats. How does it contribute to the poem’s tragic effect?

3. Examine the theme of eternal love and death in Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe. How does the poet portray love beyond the grave?

4. Compare the treatment of love and loss in La Belle Dame sans Merci and Annabel Lee. How do the poets differ in tone and outlook?

5. Discuss the characteristics of the ballad form as reflected in any two of the prescribed poems.
   
   

5 Marks Questions (Short Answer Type)

1. What is the symbolic significance of the albatross in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?

2. Why is the knight described as “alone and palely loitering” in La Belle Dame sans Merci?

3. How does repetition function in Annabel Lee?

4. What role does the supernatural play in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?

5. Identify two ballad characteristics present in any one of the prescribed poems.

Unit-3 

10 Marks Questions (Long Answer Type)

1. Discuss the theme of art and immortality in Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats. How does the poet contrast art and human life?

2. Analyze the symbolic significance of the West Wind in Ode to the West Wind by Percy Bysshe Shelley. How does the poem reflect Shelley’s revolutionary spirit?

3. Examine the theme of secrecy, betrayal, and suffering in When We Two Parted by Lord Byron. How does Byron present personal sorrow?

4. Compare the Romantic sensibility reflected in the odes of John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley.

5. Discuss the characteristic features of an ode and a lyric with reference to the prescribed poems.

5 Marks Questions (Short Answer Type)

1. What is the meaning of the line “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” in Ode on a Grecian Urn?

2. Why does Shelley call the West Wind “Destroyer and Preserver”?

3. What emotions dominate When We Two Parted?

4. Identify the stanza form used in Ode to the West Wind.

5. How does imagery contribute to the mood of When We Two Parted?

Unit-4 

10 Marks Questions (Long Answer Type)

1. Discuss the theme of patriotism and idealism in The Soldier by Rupert Brooke. How does the poem reflect the spirit of early World War I?

2. Analyze the apocalyptic vision in The Second Coming by W. B. Yeats. How does Yeats portray chaos and disintegration in the modern world?

3. Examine the contrast between classical heroism and modern brutality in The Shield of Achilles by W. H. Auden.

4. Compare the treatment of war in The Soldier and The Shield of Achilles. How do the poets differ in their perspectives on war and its consequences?

5. Discuss the use of symbolism and imagery in any two of the prescribed war poems.

5 Marks Questions (Short Answer Type)

1. How does Rupert Brooke present England in The Soldier?

2. What does the “rough beast” symbolize in The Second Coming?

3. Who is Thetis in The Shield of Achilles, and what is her significance?

4. What is meant by the line “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold” in Yeats’ poem?

5. Identify two modernist elements in The Shield of Achilles.