SRI MEENAKSHI VIDIYAL SRI MEENAKSHI VIDIYAL

ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE (Co-Education) ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE (Co-Education)
(Affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Trichy) (Affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Trichy)
Paluvanchi Post, Marungapuri Tk. Trichy Dt. - 621 305 Paluvanchi Post, Marungapuri Tk. Trichy Dt. - 621 305

Literary Forms Literary Forms

Duration: 2 Hours Class: I B.A. English Duration: 2 Hours Class: I B.A. English
Marks:50 Subject Code: 16AACEN3 Marks:50 Subject Code: 16AACEN3
SECTION -A SECTION -A
I. Answer ALL the questions 5x2=10 Marks 1Answer ALL the questions 5x2=10 Marks
1. Trace the origin of lyric. 1Trace the origin of lyric.
2. Enlist the rhyme schemes of any two types of sonnets. 2. Enlist the rhyme schemes of any two types of sonnets.
3. What is a dramatic monologue? 3. What is a dramatic monologue?
4. Give two examples of metaphor in a sentence. 4. Give two examples of metaphor in a sentence.
5. What is meter in poetry? 5. What is meter in poetry?
SECTION-B SECTION-B
II. Answer the following questions 5x4=20 Marks IIAnswer the following questions 5x4=20 Marks
6. a. Write about the types of odes. 6. a. Write about the types of odes.
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b. Who popularized sonnets in English? Elaborate on the form. b. Who popularized sonnets in English? Elaborate on the form.
7. a. Write briefly on ballads. 7. a. Write briefly on ballads.
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b. What are the characteristics of a good lyric? b. What are the characteristics of a good lyric?
8. Define and give examples for: 8. Define and give examples for:
a. Oxymoron and Hyperbole a. Oxymoron and Hyperbole
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b. Personification and Allegory. b. Personification and Allegory.
9. a. Elaborate on anapestic and iambic meter with examples. 9. a. Elaborate on anapestic and iambic meter with examples.
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b. Write a paragraph on stanza forms. b. Write a paragraph on stanza forms.

SECTION-C SECTION-C
III. Answer any 2 of the following questions 2x10=20 Marks III.Answer any 2 of the following questions 2x10=20 Marks

10. Elaborate on a) Elegy, b) Pastoral Elegy and c) Limerick. 10. Elaborate on a) Elegy, b) Pastoral Elegy and c) Limerick.
11. What is an epic and what is a mock-epic? 11. What is an epic and what is a mock-epic?
12. Why do we need meter and stanza forms in poetry? 12. Why do we need meter and stanza forms in poetry?
 SRI MEENAKSHI VIDIYAL SRI MEENAKSHI VIDIYAL
ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE (Co-Education) ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE (Co-Education)
(Affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Trichy) (Affiliated to Bharathidasan University, Trichy)
Paluvanchi Post, Marungapuri Tk. Trichy Dt. - 621 305 Paluvanchi Post, Marungapuri Tk. Trichy Dt. - 621 305

Literary Forms Literary Forms

Duration: 2 Hours Class: I B.A. English Duration: 2 Hours Class: I B.A. English
Marks:50 Subject Code: 16AACEN3 Marks:50 Subject Code: 16AACEN3
SECTION -A SECTION -A
Answer ALL the questions 5x2=10 Marks Answer ALL the questions 5x2=10 Marks
1. Trace the origin of ode. 1. Trace the origin of ode.
2. Enlist a few important epics. 2 .Enlist a few important epics.
3. What is a limerick? 3. What is a limerick?
4. Give two examples of personification in a sentence. 4. Give two examples of personification in a sentence.
5. What is an oxymoron? 5. What is an oxymoron?
SECTION-B SECTION-B
Answer the following questions 5x4=20 Marks Answer the following questions 5x4=20 Marks
6. a. Write about the types of ballads. 6.a. Write about the types of ballads.
Or Or
b. Who popularized epics in English? b. Who popularized epics in English?
7. a. Write briefly on sonnets and its types. 7. a. Write briefly on sonnets and its types.
Or Or
b. What are the characteristics of an elegy? b. What are the characteristics of an elegy?
8. Define and give examples for: 8. Define and give examples for:
a. Irony and Allusion a. Irony and Allusion
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b. Onomatopoeia and Allegory. b. Onomatopoeia and Allegory.
9. a. Elaborate on iambic pentameter and heroic quatrain. 9. a. Elaborate on iambic pentameter and heroic quatrain.
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b. Write a paragraph on terza rima and rime royal with examples. b. Write a paragraph on terza rima and rime royal with examples.

SECTION-C SECTION-C
Answer any 2 of the following questions 2x10=20 Marks Answer any 2 of the following questions 2x10=20 Marks

10. Elaborate on a) Lyric, b) Dramatic monologue. 10. Elaborate on a) Lyric, b) Dramatic monologue.
11. What is couplet, tri meter and tetra meter? 11. What is couplet, tri meter and tetra meter?
12. Why do we need rhyme in poetry? 12. Why do we need rhyme in poetry?