Attempt any FOUR questions including Questions No. 1 which is COMPUSLORY. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following stanzas.
(i) I from the influence of thy looks receive
Access in every Virtue, in thy sight
More wise, more watchful, stronger, if need were
Of outward strength; while shame, though looking on.
(ii) Thrice he assayed, and thrice, inspite of scorn,
Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth; at last
Words interwoven with sighs found out there way:
(iii) Some secret truths, from learned pride concealed
To maids alone and children are revealed
What though no credit doubting wits may give!
The fair and innocent shall still believe.
(iv) Then by her shadow, what she wears
O perverse sex, where none is true but shee
Who's therefore true, because her truth
Kills mee.
(v) Stand who so list upon the slippers top
Of courts estates, and let me hear rejoice
And use me quiet withouten let or stop,
2. With the Summoner and the Pardoner Chaucer seems to lose patience with evil. Discuss.
3. Write a note on the use of metaphysical conceits and imagery in Donne.
4. What kind of a picture of the 18th century social life do we get in "The Rape of the Lock"?
5. Discuss the rise and fall of Satan in "Paradise Lost".
6. Discuss in detail the distinguishing features of Wyatt's sonnets.
7. Write a critical appreciation of the following poems.
(i) So Cruel Prison
(ii) Wyatt Resteth Here
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