ONDA THANA MAHAVIDYALAYA

FIRST SEMESTER INTERNAL EXAMINATION - 2021

SUBJECT CODE : CORE 2 COURSE ID – 10302

BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA : 17th AND 18th CENTURIES

F.M.-10 TIME – 2 Hours

1. Answer any five of the following eight questions. 2x5 = 10

( Marks will be deducted in case of spelling mistakes and wrong sentence structure)

A.
a) “ They shift the moving Toyshop of their Heart”. – Who are ‘they’ referred to here ? What does
the poet mean to say here ?
b) “ Now Lap-dogs give themselves the rowzing shake” – What ‘Lapdog’ is referred to here ? What
picture of the contemporary society do you get from the quoted line?
c) Who is the ‘Advent’rous Baron’ in the poem ? what did he admire and aspire to get ?
d) Write any of the two ‘Tasks’ that have been assigned to ‘some less refin’d’ airy spirits by the
leader of the group.
e) “ This nymph, to … / Nourished two Locks” – Who is the ‘Nymph’ referred to here ? Describe the
‘two locks’ very briefly. ( within two / three sentences)
B. Name & explain the figures of speech in the following :
f) The curfew tolls the knell of parting day.
g) The prisoner was bound in iron.
h) Nor cast one longing ling’ring look behind.

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