ST THOMAS COLLEGE, THAVALAPPARA, KONNI

INTERNAL EXAMINATION JANUARY 2023

B. A ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SEMESTER III-SYMPHONY OF VERSE
TIME: 2Hrs. MAX.MARKS:40

PART A
Answer any 3 questions. Each question carries 2 marks.
1. How does Ulysses describe his mariners?
2. Why does the poet's beloved call him "vayne man"?
3. Write a note on the conventional Elizabethan love lyric.
4. Which is the historical context that led to the composition of "Eater 1916"?
5. What is the miracle associated with St. Cecilia?
(3*2=6)
PART B
Answer any 2 questions. Each question carries 7 marks.
6. Elucidate the religious symbolism in the poem "A Hope Carol".
7. How does Wordsworth sketch the character of Lucy Gray?
8. Write a note on Sonnet and its various forms.
9. How will the lovers attain sainthood?
(2*7=14)
PART C
Answer any 2 questions. Each question carries 10 marks.
10. Examine the poem "One Day I Wrote Her Name" as a celebration of love's fulfilment.
11. How does the poem "Ode to the West Wind" give us a glimpse into Shelley's
temperament.and philosophy?
12. Examine the poem "My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun" as a love lyric.
13. Comment on the theme of romantic love in the poem "Dover Beach”.
(2*10=20)
 ST. THOMAS COLLEGE, THAVALAPPARA
FIRST INTERNAL EXAMINATION JANUARY 2023
BA ENGLISH /B. COM/B. SC SEMESTER III
COMMON COURSE: LITERATURE AND /AS IDENTITY

Time:2 hrs Max marks 40

PART A
Answer all questions in one or two sentences
1. What are the thoughts of the speaker on receiving the postcard?
2. Where is the poem 'At the Lahore Karhai 'set?
3. What is the theme of the novel The Dark Holds No Terror ?
4. What tricks did the narrator learn to get his way with the things he wanted?
5. Where did the girl get off? Who awaited her there?
(5*2=10)
PART B
Answer any 4 questions in 50 words
6. Describe the girls appearance in the story The Girl on the train ?
7.What is Shashi Deshpande ‘s view of herself as a mother ?
8. How is Aminadab crucial to the unfolding of events ?
9. What is the significance of Pandas Arjun and Draupadi in the second song?
10. What are the challenges faced by a mother writer?
(4*5=20)
PART C
Answer any 1 question in 300 words
11. Describe the narrator's memory of his father's death in the autobiographical piece
Nightmare.
12. Attempt a critical summary of the poem' Postcard from Kashmir'.
(1*10=10)