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Bachelor Degree Programme 2. Answer any three of the following : 12 × 3 = 36

B. D. P. a) “I count only the hours that are serene” –
Term End Examination — December 2016 & June 2017
How successfully is this theme brought out
Elective Course
in ‘On a Sundial’ ?
ENGLISH b) Comment on Austen’s presentation of the
( New Syllabus ) gentry in Pride and Prejudice.
( Fifth Paper : The Romantic Period )
c) Briefly discuss the symbolism in ‘Ode to a
( Enrolled from July, 2015 )
Nightingale’.
Time : Four Hours Full Marks : 100
d) Is it possible to read ‘Christabel’ as an
( Weightage of Marks : 70% )
allegorical poem ? Substantiate with textual
Special credit will be given for accuracy and relevance references.
in the answer. Marks will be deducted for incorrect
spelling, untidy work and illegible handwriting. e) Write in your own words the sad story of
The weightage for each question has been the little Chimney Sweeper’s life from ‘The
indicated in the margin.
Chimney Sweeper’ in Songs of Experience.
f) What do the letters tell us of Keats’s
1. Answer any two of the following : 20 × 2 = 40 concept of the role of Imagination in poetic
a) Analyse the socio-political background of
creation ?
the Romantic revival.
3. Answer any four of the following : 6 × 4 = 24
b) Shelley’s poetry is a vehicle of his prophetic
mind – Discuss with reference to ‘Ode to a) Comment on Wordsworth’s opinions on
the West Wind’. Aristotle’s idea of poetry in the Preface to
c) Is ‘Tintern Abbey’ a celebration of nature ? Lyrical Ballads.
Discuss with texual references. b) Explain with reference to the context the
d) Consider Charles Lamb as a personal following lines :
essayist with reference to ‘The
... Nature never did betray
Superannuated Man’ and ‘Dream Children :
A Reverie’. The heart that loved her ...

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c) What does De Quincey say about the

economic opinions of Coleridge in
‘Recollections of the Lake Poets…’ ?
d) Sketch the character of Wickham in Pride
and Prejudice.
e) Briefly discuss how Percy and Chatterton
influenced the Romantics.
f) Comment on the description of flowers in
Stanza – V of ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ ?
g) Explain with reference to the context :
Make me thy lyre, ev’n as the forest is :
What if my leaves are falling like its own !
h) How does Lamb describe Mrs. Field in
‘Dream Children : A Reverie’ ?

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