Writing Answers in Questions in Literature

Short answer questions

To the Evening Star by William Blake
i.
Thou fair-hair’d angel of the evening,
Now, whilst the sun rests on the mountains, light
Thy bright torch of love; thy radiant crown
Put on, and smile upon our evening bed!

a) Name the work from which these lines have been taken? Name the writer.
b) Who is referred to as “thou”? What are the qualities of “thou”?
c) What literary devise has been employed in these lines?

To the Eagle by Alfred Lord Tennyson

i. Close to the sun in lonely lands,

Ring’d with the azure world, he stands”

a) Where is this extract taken from? Who wrote it?

b) Who is referred to as “he”? What are the qualities of “he”?
c) Which literary devices are used in the first and the second line?

Essay type questions

i. William Blake in his poem “To the Evening Star”, portrays the different aspects of
nature. Discuss with evidence from this poem.
ii. In the poem “ The Eagle “ Lord Tennyson has brought out power of a predator.
Discuss.