Questions in Past Papers (PU) | Love & Divine Poems By John Donne | Eureka Study Aids

1. In his love poetry, Donne exhibits a more varied range of feeling than the Elizabethans. Moreover, his imagery, diction and versification are startlingly different. Discuss. (2003) 

2. Discuss the variety of Moods in which Donne treats Love in his love poetry. (2004) 

3. "Donne's Monarchy of wit was not a trick or fashion but one of the greatest achievements of the poetic intelligence." Discuss the appropriateness of this remark by Leishman. (2005) 

4. Discuss Donne as a Metaphysical poet. (2006) 

5. Discuss Donne as poet of love. (2007) 

6. Write a comprehensive note on Donne's use of conceit. (2007) 

7. 'Donne's love lyrics spring not only from a strong and ingenious head but also from a passionate heart." Discuss. (2008) 

8. Discuss the variety of Moods in which Donne treats love in his love poetry. (2009) 

9. Discuss in detail Donne's metaphysical images in his love poems and their significance. (2010) 

10. Write a critical note on Donne's use of hyperbole and paradox in his poems. (2011) 

11. Write a critical analysis of the following poems: (2011) 

(i) The Sun Rising
(ii) A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

12. What is Donne's attitude towards women? Discuss in detail with reference to his love poems in your syllabus. (2012) 

13. Discuss Donne as a metaphysical poet. (2013) 

14. Discuss Donne's treatment of women in his poetry. (2014) 

15. "Images can be used in two ways, as simile or as metaphor: simile compares, but metaphor feigns the identity of the objects". Is this definition application to Donne's poems in your course? (2015) 

16. Imagery in Donne's Poetry 1/2 (2015) 

17. What makes Donne a metaphysical poet? Discuss with reference to your reading of the poems in your course. (2016)

18. Write a note on the use of metaphysical conceits and imagery in Donne. (2017) 

19. How far would you agree that Samuel Johnson's statement that "in Donne's poetry heterogeneous ideas are yoked together" is a true estimation of Donne's poetry? (2018) 

20. What John Donne has tried to convey through his divine poetry? (2019)