Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Poetry (MCUC Question)

English

Subject Code: 231103

(Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Poetry)

Time-4 Hours

Full Marks-80

Part A

(Answer any ten questions)

Marks-1x10=10

1.     (a)    What is John Milton's intention in writing {Paradise Lost?

        (b)    How does John Donne uses personification in The Sun Rising?

        (c)    What is Marvel's opinion about grave?

        (d)    How did a  man, according to Herbert, become nearer to God?

        (e)    What does 'Una' stand for allegorically?

        (f)    What scares the Red Cross Knight away from the House of Pride?

        (g)    What is Manna?

        (h)    What does the phrase 'Time's winged chariot' signify?

        (i)    How were the children of the Monster of Error killed?

        (j)    What is canonisation?

        (k)    How did the poet reply in response to calling 'child'?

        (l)    What has prevented the union between the poet and his beloved in The Definition of Love?

Part B

(Answer any five questions)

Marks-4x5=20

2.    Write a short note on Gloriana.

3.    Why and for what purpose does Herbert wish to fly in the poem Easter Wings?

4.    Enlighten the religious aspect of complete submission to God in the poem The Collar.

5.    What evil design do you find in Satan's character?

6.    How does the poem A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning celebrate the spiritual quality of love?

7.    How does Marvell propose to his beloved to enjoy life in To His Coy Mistress?

8.    What is the poet's idea about the immortality of the soul in Death Be Not Proud?

9.    Define Herbert's relationship with God.

Part C

(Answer any five questions)

Marks-10x5=50

10.    Write a discourse on Spenser's treatment of good and evil in The Faerie Queene.

11.    Consider Donne a religious poet with reference to the poem you have read.

12.    Critically comment on Marvell's treatment of love with reference to his poems you have read.

13.    Discuss the relationship of Herbert with God.

14.    Do you consider Satan the hero of Paradise Lost, Book-I? Show arguments in favour of your answer.

15.   Write a note on the use of epic similes in Paradise Lost, Book-I.

16.    What is meant by wit and conceit? Write a note on the use of wit and conceit in John Donne's poems.

17.    What is the allegorical significance of the fight between the Monster of Error and the Red Cross Knight?