Previous Year Questions

What is 'Spenserian Stanza'?

What does Una stand for?

Who is Queen Gloriana?

How does Donne use personification in 'The Sun Rising'?

What does the Phoenix symbolize?

What do you mean by 'Carpe-Diem Theory'?

What is the significance of the title 'Easter Wings'?

How does Herbert console himself?

What is blank verse?

What is Leviathan?

What does the poet mean by the phrase 'vegetable love'?

Who had honoured Spenser as the Poets' poet?

How were Red Cross Knight and Una entrapped by Archimago?

Explain the following lines: So pure and innocent, as that same lambe She was in life and every virtuous lore, And by descent from Royall lynage came Of ancient Kings and Queens.

Explain the conceit of twin-compasses.

Explain the following lines with reference to the context: She is all states and all princes I Nothing else is.

What is the poet's idea about the immortality of the soul in 'Death, Be Not Proud'?

How does Marvell combine passion and intellect in 'The Definition of Love'?

Write a short note on Herbert's use of metaphysical conceits.

Explain the following lines: The mid is it's own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.

'The Faerie Queene', Book-1 is a splendid blending of epic and romantic qualities-Elucidate.

Critically analyze how Donne deals metaphysical traits in his poetry.

Write a note on the role of Time and Fate in Marvell's poetry.

Write a critical note on the nature of spiritual conflict in Herbert's poems.

"Satan is an embodiment of the Renaissance spirits"-Do you agree? Elaborately show your arguments.

Illustrate the significance of epic similes in 'Paradise Lost', Book-1.

Write a discourse on Spenser's treatment of good and evil in 'The Faerie Queene'.

Discuss Donne as a religious poet with reference to the poems you have read. \`\`\`

What does the Monster Error symbolize?

What did the children of Error do after their mother's death?

Who was Hecate?

Why is the sun scolded in "The Sun Rising"?

What is the true nature of Donne's love in "Canonization"?

What is the popular idea about death?

What does the poet always hear at his back?

Why does the poet compare himself and his beloved to the amorous birds of prey?

How does the poet want to feel on Easter Sunday?

What is Satan's sole delight?

What is Leviathan?

What do you mean by "Old Olympus"?

Why is "The Faerie Queene" called a romantic epic?

Write a short note on Spenserian stanza.

Explain the following lines with reference to the context: She is all states and all princes I. Nothing else is?

What is the role of 'Time' in human life?

How does Donne refute the pride of death as a mighty and dreadful power?

Define Herbert's relationship with God.

Discuss the features of Milton's blank verse.

Explain the following line: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.

'The Faerie Queene' (Book-1) is an allegorical piece of writing. Discuss.

Write a note on the use of conceit in John Donne's poems.

Metaphysical characteristic arc available in Marvell's poems. Elucidate.

There is a deep relationship of Herbert with God. Do you agree? Explain.

Describe the significance of Satan's first speech in 'Paradise Lost' (Book-1)

Comment on the treatment of the fallen angels in 'Paradise Lost', Book-1.

Describe the role of The Red Cross knight in the poem 'The Faerie Queene', Book-1.

Write a critical appreciation of the poem. "The Canonization."

Who was Moloch?

What does Duessa symbolise?

Define metaphysical conceit with an example.

What does 'Easter Wings' focus on?

How was love begotten in 'The Definition of Love'?

Name the food that Moses got in the desert.

Why does Donne call the sun 'unruly'?

Mention the name of the rivers in 'To His Coy Mistress'.

Who is the tragic hero in 'Paradise Lost'?

What does Lady Una stand for?

What is the cause of turmoil in the author's mind in 'The Collar'?

Why did Satan welcome Hell as his abode?

Passion and intellect are combined in the poem 'The Definition of Love'-Justify it?

Describe the setting of the poem 'The Faerie Queene', book-1.

Write a critical appreciation of the poem 'Canonization'.

How did Satan instigate his followers to fight against God?

Describe symbolism and allusion in the poem 'the Faerie Queene' Book-1.

Explain the significance of larks flying upwards in the poem 'Easter Wings'.

Describe how Donne has celebrated the immortality of soul in the poem 'Death, Be not Proud'.

What spiritual dilemma does Herbert evince in 'The Colar'?

Explain Spenser's treatment of good and evil in 'The Faerie Queene, Book-1'.

Describe how Andrew Marvell handles the theme of love in his poems.

Describe the different themes presented in the poem 'The Faerie Queene, Book-1'.

Discuss how Marvell blended the Elizabethan and the metaphysical elements in his poetry.

"Donne has come out from the parochialism of traditional poems and ushered in novelty in love poems."-Elucidate with reference to his poems.

Discuss Herbert's pictorial use of imagery in his poems you have read.

"Milton was the trailblazer of renaissance and reformation"-Discuss.

Herbert has attained reconciliation with God crossing the pathos of conflict.-Explain.

What is an invocation?

What is the nature of true love in Donne's poems?

How will the two lovers reunite according Marvell?

What is Marvell's opinion about graves?

How is Herbert reconciled with God?

What does Una wear while riding on an ass?

What does the poet mean by the phrase 'Vegetable Love'?

What is blank verse?

What is the importance of Satan's fifth speech?

In what sense is Donne's love Platonic in his poems?

What does the poem 'Easter Wings' symbolize?

What leadership qualities of Satan do you trace in his last speech?

How does Lady Una inspire the Red Cross Knight?

Describe conceit and wit in Donne's poems.

How does Andrew Marvell propose to his beloved to enjoy life in 'To His Coy Mistress'?

Define Herbert's relationship with God.

What evil design do you find in Satan's character?

How can the poet and his beloved be cannonized for love?

Who is Morpheus? Describe his house in the underworld.

What are the epic qualities in 'Paradise Lost' Book-I?

Comment on the character and role of Archimago.

Discuss how John Donne has brought novelty in love poems.

How does Andrew Marvell treat time and fate in his poems?

Comment on the spiritual conflict which is dominant in Herbert's poem 'The Collar'.

Evaluate Satan as a leader with renaissance qualities.

"Spenser's heroines are idealized types of women in real life". Do you think that this judgment is valid in respect of Una in Book-I of 'The Faerie Queen'?

Comment on the treatment of the fallen angels in 'Paradise Lost' Book-I.

Images of Donne's poems are condemned, because they are far-fetched. Would you agree with this view? Show your arguments.

Who is Queen Gloriana?

Why is the sun scolded in "The Sun Rising"?

Why does the lady hesitate to respond to her lover's call?

What kind of poem is "The Collar"?

Why did Satan welcome Hell as his abode?

What does the word 'Valediction' mean?

Who is the greatest lady of the greatest Isle?

Who is the 'Infernal Serpent'?

How does Marvell define his utter frustration in love?

What is the meaning of the word 'Archimago'?

What is Easter Sunday?

What is Manna?

What religious allegory do you find in Canto-1 of 'The Faerie Queene'?

What does Donne say about the nature of true love in 'The Sun Rising'?

How does Marvel combine passion and intellect in 'The Definition of Love'?

Why and for what purpose does Herbert wish to fly in the poem 'Easter Wings'?

How do the fallen angels respond to the call of Satan?

How were the Red Cross Knight and Una entrapped by Archimago?

Describe the building of the Pandemonium the capital of Hell.

Explain the following: Thy beauty shall no more be found Nor, in thy marble vault, shall sound My echoing song, then worms shall try That long preserved virginity.

'The Faerie Queene, Book-1' is blended with epic and romantic qualities.-Discuss.

What is meant by conceit? Write a note on the use of conceit in John Donne's poems.

Comment on Marvel as a metaphysical poet.

Do you consider Satan the hero of 'Paradise Lost Book-1'? Show arguments in favour of or against your answer.

Write a discourse on Spenser's treatment of good and evil in 'The Faerie Queene, Book-1'

How does Donne blend passion and thought in his poems?

Discuss the relationship of Herbert with God.

What qualities of an epic do you find in Book-1 of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'?

What is an invocation?

What does Lady Unna symbolize?

How did the children of Monster Error look?

What is a metaphysical conceit?

What is meant by the phrase 'vegetable love'?

What does the poem 'Easter Wings' symbolize?

How does the poet console himself in 'The Collar'?

What does 'Man's first disobedience' refer to?

What is 'Spenserian Stanza'?

Who is Jehovah?

What is blank verse?

What does 'The Phoenix' symbolize?

Who is the Red Cross Knight? Give your impressions of the Knight.

Why and how does the poet rebuke the sun in the poem 'The Sun Rising'?

How can the poet and his beloved be canonized by love?

What role is played by fate in 'The Definition of Love'?

Write a note on Herbert's use of metaphysical conceits.

Explain the following : But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near.

How does Herbert want to celebrate Christ's victory over death?

Give a description of hell as described in 'Paradise Lost' Book-I.

Discuss 'The Faerie Queen' (Book-I) as an allegorical piece of writing.

Discuss how Donne has brought novelty in love poems.

Comment on the spiritual conflict which is dominant in Herbert's poem 'The Collar'.

Evaluate Herbert as a religious poet.

Describe the significance of Satan's first speech in Paradise Lost (Book-I).

Write a critical appreciation of 'A Valediction : Forbidding Mourning'.

Evaluate Satan as a leader with renaissance qualities.

How does Marvell treat time and fate in his poems?

What is John Milton's intention in writing 'Paradise Lost'?

How does Donne use personification in 'The Sun Rising'?

What is Marvel's opinion about grave?

How did a man, according to Herbert, become nearer to God?

What does 'Una' stand for allegorically?

What scares the Redcross Knight away from the House of Pride?

What is Manna?

What does the phrase 'Time's winged charot' signify?

How were the children of the Monster of Error killed?

What is canonization?

How did the poet reply in response to calling 'child'?

What has prevented the union between the poet and his beloved in 'The Definition of Love'?

Write a short note on Gloriana.

Why and for what purpose does Herbert wish to fly in the poem 'Easter Wings'?

Enlighten the religious aspect of complete submission to God in the poem 'The Collar'.

What evil design do you find in Satan's character?

How does the poem 'A Valediction : Forbidding Mourning' celebrate the spiritual quality of love?

How does Marvell propose to his beloved to enjoy life in 'To His Coy Mistress'?

What is the poet's idea about the immortality of the soul in 'Death Be Not Proud'?

Define Herbert's relationship with God.

Write a discourse on Spenser's treatment of good and evil in 'The Faerie Queene'.

Consider Donne as a religious poet with reference to the poems you have read.

Critically comment on Marvell's treatment of love with reference to his poems you have read.

Discuss the relationship of Herbert with God.

Do you consider Satan the hero of 'Paradise Lost, Book-I'? Show arguments in favour of your answer.

Write a note on the use of epic similes in "Paradise Lost. Book-I".

What is meant by wit and conceit? Write a note on the use of wit and conceit in John Donne's poems.

What is the allegorical significance of the fight between the Monster of Error and the Red Cross Knight?

What is 'invocation' in an epic?

What do you understand by 'Man's first disobedience'?

Name a poem of your syllabus in which syllogistic pattern has been used.

How does the poet rebuke the sun in the poem "The Sun Rising?"

Who is the architect of Pandamonium?

What does the 'Collar' Symbolize?

Why does Donne advise Death not to be proud?

What does the word, 'Valediction' mean?

Who is Queen Gloriana?

What are the rivers mentioned in the poem, "To His Coy Mistress"?

What is Easter Sunday?

How is the lover's love begotten in "The Definition of Love"?

What impression of Lady Una do you have from "The Faerie Queene"?

What are the epic qualities in "Paradise Lost"?

How is Herbert reconciled with God after a course of rebellion against Him?

What do you mean by 'Carpe-Diem' theme?

How does Donne differ from the Petrarchan tradition in his love- poetry?

How can the poet and his beloved be canonized for love?

Write a short note on Metaphysical Conceit.

To reign is worth ambition though in Hell, Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.-Explain.

"The Faerie Queene" Book-I is blended with epic and romantic qualities.-Discuss.

Herbert is a religious poet. Discuss.

How does John Donne blend passion and thought in his poetry?

Write a critical appreciation on Marvell's poem "To His Coy Mistress".

Give after Milton's "Paradise Lost" a description of Hell.

Discuss Herbert's use of imagery in the poems you have studied.

Mention and analyze metaphysical traits in Donne's poetry.

Evaluate Satan as a leader with renaissance qualities.

Who was called the poets' poet?

Give an example of a romantic epic.

Whom does Queen Gloriana represent?

What is a conceit?

What kind of poem is the 'Collar'?

What is manna?

What is the significance of Magnanimous Despair?

Which age did Spenser belong to?

What is Pandemonium?

What is the significance of the title 'Easter Wings'?

Why are the East and West Indies famous?

In which year did Charles II restore his throne?

What do you know about the Red Cross Knight?

What is theme of the poem 'Twicknam Garden'?

How does Andrew Marvell explain the concept of fleeting time and enjoyment?

Describe the leadership qualities in the character of Satan.

Trace Herbert's relationship with God.

Explain the following lines with reference to the context: Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas, Ease after war, death after life, does greatly please.

Write short notes on the following. (a) Archimago (b) Epic Simile

Evaluate John Donne as a love poet.

Discuss The Faerie Queene (Book-1) as an allegory.

Find out the metaphysical traits in the poems of Andrew Marvell.

Consider Herbert as a religious poet.

Give a pen-picture of Hell as depicted in Paradise Lost, Book-I.

Write a critical appreciation of the poem 'A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning'.

Who is monster Error? Describe the importance of the fight between the monster Error and the Red Cross Knight.

Write a note on the characteristics of Milton's blank-verse.

What is "Carpe-Diem" theory? How does Andrew Marvell use this theory in his poem 'To His Coy Mistress'?

What is 'invocation' in an epic?

Who is the architect of Pandemonium?

What does 'Three Personed God' refer to in "Batter My Heart"?

What is meant by 'Man's first disobedience'?

Why does Marvell call his beloved a coy mistress?

What figure of speech is used in the term 'Magnanimous Despair'?

Why does the poet call himself a "self traitor"?

Who is Archimago?

Why is the Gentle Knight called 'The Redcross Knight'?

How is the lover's love begothen in "The Definition of Love"?

What kind of poem is "The Collar"?

What does 'Easter' stand for?

Why is "The Faerie Queene" called a romantic epic?

Locate and explain the following :- She is all states and all princes I Nothing else is.

What is the poet's idea about the immortality of the soul in "Death Be Not Proud"?

Why does Herbert wish to fly in the poem "Easter Wings"?

Identify and explain :- Hither with crystal vials, lovers come, And take my tears, which are love's wine.

What is the role of time and Fate in human life as you find in Marvell's poems?

Locate and explain the lines:- The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.

Write a short note on Beelzebub.

What significance of the Red-Cross Knight's encounter with the Monster Error do you get from "The Faerie Queene" Book I, Canto I?

Discuss the relationship of Herbert with God emphasizing the nature of his conflict in this respect.

"Donne has broken the monotony of traditional poems and brought novelty in love poems."- How? Discuss.

What qualities of an epic do you find in Book-I of Milton's "Paradise Lost"?

Write a critical appreciation of Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress".

Describe the significance of satan's first speech as you get in "Paradise Lost" Book-I.

Comment on the character and role of Archimago.

Discuss Marvell as a metaphysical poet.