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SIXTH PAPER
F.M.: 100
1.
(5X1=5)
TIME: 4 HOURS
Attempt
any
five:
any
ten:
Attempt
Explain
with
reference
to
the
context:
(ii) Farewell, old cronies, yet not for long, for again and again I will come among ye, if I shall have your
leave. Farewell Ch dry, sarcastic, and friendly! Do mild, slow to move, and gentlemanly! Pl
officious to do, and to volunteer, good services! and thou, thou dreary pile, fit mansion for a
Gresham or a Whittington of old, stately House of Merchants; with thy labyrinthine passages, and lightexcluding, pent-up offices, where candles for one half the year supplied the place of the suns light;
unhealthy contributor to my weal, stern fosterer of my living, farewell!...
(b)
(6X3=18)
Attempt
any
three:
(i) What conviction does the poet reveal to his sister at the ending of the poem Tintern Abbey?
(ii) What is the significance of the last line of the poem Ode to the West Wind?
(iii) What pathetic note do you find in Lambs essay Dream Children: A Reverie?
(iv) One of the pleasantest things in the world is going a journey Describe, after the author, the
pleasures of going a journey.
4.
(15)
Attempt
any
one:
(i) Write a short essay on the impact of the French Revolution on the romantic poets.
(ii) Comment on Sir Walter Scotts contribution to the English novel.
5.
(15)
Attempt
any
one:
(i) Discuss on Austens use of irony as an instrument of social criticism in Pride and Prejudice.
(ii) Do you accept the view that Darcy represents both pride and prejudice? Answer with close
reference from the text.
6.
(15)
Attempt
any
one:
(i) How does Keats explore the capacity of imagination to transcend reality in the Ode to the
Nightingale?
(ii) Do you consider Christabel as a poem of a journey from innocence to experience? Justify your
answer.
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