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MEG 1 (July 2024 - January 2025) - ENGLISH

MEG-01

BRITISH POETRY

ASSIGNMENT July 2024-January 2025

(Based on Blocks (1 - 10)

Max. Marks: 100

Answer all questions.

1. Explain any two of the excerpts of poems given below with reference to their context:

Now, sire", quod she, "When we flee fro the bemes For Goddess love, as taak som laxative. Up peril of my soule and o lif. I counseille yow the beeste, I wol nat lye,

(ii) My loue is now awake out of her dreams (s), and her fayre eyes like stars that dimmed were With darksome cloud, now shew theyr goodly beams More bright then Hesperus his head doth rere.

(iii) I wonder by my troth, what thou, and I Did, till we lov'd? were we not wean'd till then?

(iv) Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike

2. Highlight the salient features of Romanticism with illustrations from the poems prescribed for study. 20

3. Attempt a comparison between the Epithalamion and the Prothalamion as wedding songs.

4. Would you agree that Milton reflects on blindness in Sonnets 19 & 23? Give a reasoned answer. 20

5. Would you consider Sylvia Plath's Daddy to be an expression against the voice of patriarchy? Comment critically. 

MEG 01 (July 2025 - January 2026) - ENGLISH

Assignment

MEG - 01

BRITISH POETRY

(For July, 2025 and January, 2026 sessions)

(Based on Blocks (1 - 10)

Max. Marks: 100

Answer all questions.

1. Explain any two of the excerpts of poems given below with reference to their context:

(i) Now, sire”, quod she, “When we flee fro the bemes For Goddess love, as taak som laxative. Up peril of my soule and o lif, I counseille yow the beeste, I wol nat lye,

(ii) My loue is now awake out of her dreams (s), and her fayre eyes like stars that dimmed were With darksome cloud, now shew theyr goodly beams More bright then Hesperus his head doth rere.

(iii) I wonder by my troth, what thou, and I Did, till we lov’d? were we not wean’d till then?

(iv) Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike

2. Highlight the salient features of Romanticism with illustrations from the poems prescribed for study. 

3. Attempt a comparison between the Epithalamion and the Prothalamion as wedding songs. 

4. Would you agree that Milton reflects on blindness in Sonnets 19 & 23? Give a reasoned answer. 20 5. Would you consider Sylvia Plath’s Daddy to be an expression against the voice of patriarchy? Comment critically. 

MEG 01 (July 2026 - January 2027) - ENGLISH

Assignment MEG - 01
BRITISH POETRY (MEGOL)
(For July, 2026 and January, 2027 sessions)
(Based on Blocks (1 - 10)
Max. Marks: 100
Answer any five questions. All questions carry equal marks.
1. Discuss Donne's unconventional themes related to metaphysical conceits, paradoxes, and
exploration of complex emotions in his love poems. 
2. How does Edmund Spenser showcase the theme of national identity in his poetry particularly
in The Epithalamion and The Prothalamion? 
3. Analyze how Wordsworth uses nature to explore themes of growth, self-discovery, and the
influence of the natural world on human experiences as he delineates in 'The Prelude Book I'.
Supply suitable examples in support of your answer. 
4. Compare and contrast the poetic styles of P.B. Shelley and Keats in dealing with themes of
mortality and nature. 
5. Explain the narrative structure and thematic significance of T.S. Eliot's 'The Waste Land'. 
6. Discuss the portrayal of love and faith in Andrew Marvell's poems with reference to specific
examples from the learning material of the course. 
7. Investigate how Plath's poetic voice and confessional style are shaped by the larger modernist
movements in literature. Discuss her engagement with themes of mental illness, gender
dynamics, and personal struggles in the context of the mid-20th century literary
landscape.

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