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1st Year Poetry Final Suggestions – 2021
- How does Donne glorify spiritual love in “The Good Morrow” /
Discuss the different stages of love in Donne’s “The Good Morrow” Ans /
Evaluate Donne as a love poet with reference to his poem “The Good Morrow”. ★★★ - What metaphysical quality do you find in the poem “The Good Morrow”? Ans
- Explain the central idea / main theme of Milton’s sonnet, “On His Blindness”. Ans
- Discuss Milton’s “On His Blindness” as a sonnet. ★★★
- ✅ How does Gray glorify the common men in “Elegy Written …… Churchyard”? Ans ★★★
- Write a short note on Shelley’s use of imagery with reference to “Ode to the west wind”. Ans ★★★
- Comment on Keats’ treatment of nature in “To Autumn”. Ans ★★★
- Discuss briefly Browning’s optimism in the poem “The Patriot”. Ans
- What is a dramatic monologue? Discuss The Patriot as a dramatic monologue by Robert Browning. Ans
- Discuss the theme of human experience in Whitman’s “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry”. Ans ★★★
- What is Tagore’s concept of the ideal state as suggested in “Where the Mind is Without Fear”? Ans ★★★
- Elucidate the poet’s grief in the poem, “Learning Grief”. Ans /
How did the speaker learn about grief in Kaisar Haq’s “Learning Grief”? ★★★ - Comment on Emily Dickinson’s treatment of Death in “Because I Could Not Stop For Death”. Ans ★★★
- Write a critical appreciation of the poem “Home Burial”. Ans /
Do you think the conflict between the couple brings their relationship to a breaking point in the poem “Home Burial”? ★★★ - Discuss Shelly’s optimism with special reference to “Ode to the west wind”. Ans ★★★
Krishna Mondal suggested:
- Comment on Wordsworth’s treatment of nature with reference to “I wandered Lonely as a Cloud”. ★★★
- Discuss the theme of childhood in Dylan Thomas’ poem “Fern Hill”. ★★★
- Write an essay on the personal/autobiographical elements in Yeats’ “A Prayer for My Daughter”. ★★★
- Comment on the theme of “Victorian Spirit” in ‘Ulysses’. ★★★
For Part C:
- On His Blindness – John Milton
- The Good Morrow – John Donne
- Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard – Thomas Gray
- Ode to the West Wind – P.B Shelley
- Ode To Autumn – John Keats
- The Patriot – R. Browning
- Crossing Brooklyn Ferry – W. Whitman
- Because I Could Not Stop for Death – Emily Dickenson
- Home Burial – R.Frost
- Piano – D.H Lawrence
- Where the mind is without fear – R. Tagore
- Learning Grief – Kaisar Huq
For Part B:
- To Daffodils ✔ 19, 17, 15
- I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud (Daffodils) ✔ 19, 17
- Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? ✔ 19,15
- A Prayer for My Daughter ✔ 19, 17
- Home Burial ✔ 19, 17
- Fern Hill ✔ 19
- How do I love thee ✔ 17
- Because I Could not stop for Death ❌(20) ✔ 19, 17, 15
- Ulysses ❌(20) ✔ 19, 17
- The Patriot ❌(18) 15