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St. Joseph’s College of Arts & Science (Autonomous) St. Joseph’s College Road, Cuddalore – 607001 EN408S - BRITISH POETRY - II

Time : 3 hrs

Max Marks :75 SECTION – A (5X2=10)

I. Annotate any FIVE of the following passages: 1. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are,-2. She had A heart---how shall I say?---too soon made glad, Too easily impressed; she liked whate'er She looked on, and her looks went everywhere. 3. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world. 4. We returned to our places, these Kingdoms, But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation, With an alien people clutching their gods. I should be glad of another death. 5. Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; And wears man's smudge and shares man's smell: the soil Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.

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6. I am not yet born; provide me With water to dandle me, grass to grow for me, trees to talk to me, sky to sing to me, birds and a white light in the back of my mind to guide me. 7. He was married and added five children to the population, which our Eugenist says was the right number for a parent of his generation, And our teachers report he never interfered with their education. 8. Or, discontent, boil bloody, and be spilled. They will be swift with swiftness of the tigress, None will break ranks, though nations trek from progress. SECTION – B (5X5=25) II. Answer any FIVE of the following in about 150 words each: 9. What is the Duke’s opinion of the Duchess in “My Last Duchess”? 10. Comment on Yeats’s desire in “The Lake Isles of Innisfree.” 11. Analyse the eerie atmosphere in de la mare’s “The Listeners.” 12. How does MacNeice’s poem cast a very harsh light on the evilness of society? 13. Comment on the central theme of Larkin’s poem “Deceptions.” 14. How are the virtues expressed in “If-”devoid of showiness or glamour? SECTION – C (4X10=40) III. Answer any FOUR of the following in about 300 words each: 15. Critically analyse the attitude toward life and death presented in Tennyson’s “Ulysses.”

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16. How does “Dover Beach” give bitter expression of Arnold’s loss of faith, his growing pessimism? 17. How far is “The Unknown Citizen” an attack upon modern society? 18. How does “The Blessed Damozel” describe the spiritual wonders of heaven? 19. Comment on the pride and power of hawk in “Hawk Roosting.” 20. How does “God’s Grandeur” proclaim the grandeur of God’s creation?

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