Previous Year Brief Questions & Answer of Introduction to Poetry (2013-2020) Honours First Year

Previous Year Brief Questions & Answer of 
Introduction to Poetry (2013-2020)

Part A

Honours First Year
Subject: Introduction to Poetry

প্রায় সবগুলো বিষয় থেকেই বিগত সালের প্রশ্ন থেকে কিছু প্রশ্ন বার বার আসে। তাই এখানে আপনাদের Introduction to Poetry সাবজেক্ট থেকে বিগত কয়েক সালের Brief Question এর সমাধান করে দেওয়া হল।

 Year:- 2013

a. What is the sub-title of 'Sonnet-18"?

Ans- The sub-title of 'Sonnet-18' is 'Shall I Summer's Day".

B. "I wandered lonely as a cloud" what kind of figure of speech do 

you find here?

Ans- Simile is used in the line "I wandered lonely as a cloud".

 

C. What is hyperbole?

Ans- Hyperbole is a figure of speech where someone or something is exaggerated.

 

D. What is Platonic love?

Ans:- Platonic love is a type of love that is chaste and non-sexual.

 

E. Where did Wordsworth find the daffodils?

Ans- Wordsworth found the daffodils, "beside the lake, beneath the trees".

 

F. What allusions do you find in the poem, "Snake"?

Ans:- আগের সিলেবাসের প্রশ্ন।

G. What is "A Passage to India"?

Ans:- আগের সিলেবাসের প্রশ্ন।

 

H. What is Sabbath? 

Ans:- The Jewish Sabbath is observed throughout the year on the seventh day of the week-Saturday. According to biblical tradition, it commemorates the original seventh day on which God rested after completing the creation.

 

I. What is inscribed on the pedestal of the statue of Ozymandias?

Ans:- এটাও আগের সিলেবাসের প্রশ্ন। "My name is Ozxmandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!", inscribed on the pedestal of the statue of Ozymandias.

 

J. "Because I could not stop for Death" Why could not the speaker

stop for death?

Ans- The speaker could not stop for death because she was busy with her worldly duties and unaware of death.

 

K. Who is Maud Gonne?

Ans:- Maud Gonne is a beautiful lady and a political leader, with whom Yeats falls in love as soon as he met her for the first time in 1889.

 

L. What is "Seven sleepers den"?

Ans:- "Seven sleepers den" refers to the cave in which seven Christian brothers of Ephesus slept for two hundred years in order to escape the prosecution of Decius, the Pagan Emperor of that country in 251 AD.

 

Year: 2014

A. Why does Shelley call the West Wind a 'preserver'?

Ans:- Shelley regards the West Wind as a preservative because it preserves the seeds by driving them underground till they germinate and fills the hills and plains with different coloured flowers.

 

B. Whom does Tagore address as 'my father'?

Ans:- Tagore addresses God as 'my father'.

 

C. Who are the riders of the carriage in "Because I could not stop for

death?

Ans:- Death, Immortality and the speaker herself are the riders of the carriage in "Because I could not stop for death".

 

D. Name the wife of 'Home Burial'.

Ans:- The name of the wife is Amy in the poem 'Home Burial'.

 

E. What is 'Shamble's Gate'?

Ans:- The Shamble's Gate is a place where public execution is done. It is also a place where animals are slaughtered.

 

F. Who is Penelope?

Ans- Penelope is the wife of Ulysses.

 

G. How is a Pike?

Ans- A pike is a small animal of violent nature.

 H. What is an epitaph?

Ans:- An epitaph is an inscription on a tomb.

 

I. Name the places connected by the river in 'Crossing the Brooklyn

Ferry'.

Ans:- 

 

J. How does Keats define Autumn?

Ans:- Keats defines Autumn as a season of bounty.

 

K. What type of beauty does Yeats pray for his daughter?

Ans:- Yeats wants that his daughter should not be excessively beautiful and fish should have courtesy and self-gratification.

 

L. Define metaphor.

Ans- A metaphor is an implicit comparison between two dissimilar things without any use of 'as' or 'like'..

 

Year: 2015 

A. What is the subtitle of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18?

Ans:- The sub-title of "Sonnet-18" is 'Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day".

 

B. Name the figure of speech used in the line "Ten thousand saw at a glance".

Ans- Hyperbole is used in the line "Ten thousand saw at a glance".

 

C. What is Fern Hill?

Ans:- It is name of the firm of the poet's aunt, Ann Jones.

 

D. Whom does Gray compare the death villagers with? 

Ans:- Gray compares the death villagers with many great men like Milton, Hampdon and Cromwell.

E. Define Oxymoron with an example. 

Ans:- Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two contradictory words are put together. Example:

"All changer, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born."

 

F. "Thus I entered, and thus I go!" Who is the speaker?

Ans:- The patriot is the speaker.

 

G. What is the message of the poem "To Daffodils"?

Ans- The message of the poem "To Daffodils" is that human life is short and transient.

 

H. What is the rhyme scheme of the sonnet "On His Blindness"?

Ans- The rhyme scheme of the sonnet "On His Blindness" is abba abba cde ede.

 

I. Where was Walt Whitman born?

Ans:- Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819 in West Hills, New York.

 

J. Who was Achilles?

Ans:- Achilles was the great hero in the Trojan war. He killed Hector.

 

K. What is the theme of the poem "Home Burial".

Ans:- Lack of communication is the theme of poem "Home Burial'.

 

L. Who was Maud Gonne?

Ans:- Maud Gonne is a beautiful lady and a political leader, with whom Yeats falls in love as soon as he met her for the first time in 1889.

 

Year- 2016

A. What does Shakespeare mean by 'eye of heaven'?

Ans:- By the phrase 'eye of heaven', Shakespeare means the sun.

 

B. What is the tone of the poem "To Daffodils"? 

Ans:- The tone of the poem "To Daffodils" is melancholic and sad.

C. "I will drink life to the lees" What figure of speech is used here? 

Ans- Metaphor is used in the line, "I will drink life to the lees".

 

D. What is "Shamble's Gate"?

Ans:- The Shamble's Gate is a place where public execution is done. It is also a place where animals are slaughtered.

E. To who is literary age does E. B. Browning belong?

Ans:- E. B. Browning belongs to the Victorian Age of English literature.

 

F. What type of poem is "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"? 

Ans:- "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" is a lyric poem on the theme

of death. It is also a mystic poem.

 

G. What does Yeats mean by 'intellectual hatred'?

Ans:- By 'intellectual hatred', Yeats means worst kind of hatred.

 

H. What is the colour of the pike?

Ans:- The pike are deep green and golden colour.

 

I. What kind of freedom does Tagore want for his countrymen?

Ans- Tagore wants for his countrymen a hea flourishes in an ideal state. of freedom that

 

J. What is onomatopoeia?

Ans- Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech in which the sound of words reflect their sense.

 

K. What is the theme of the poem "Home Burial"?

Ans- Lack of communication is the theme of the poem "Home Burial".

 

L. What is an Ode?

Ans:- An ode is a kind of lyric poem where someone or something is addressed.

 

Year:- 2017

A. Who serve God best according to Milton?

Ans- According to Milton, he who bears His mild yoke serves Him best.

 

B. Why does D.H. Lawrence's heart weep to remember the old Sunday evenings at home?

Ans:- The poet is profoundly impressed by the song of the women, in spite of himself and his heart weeps to belong to past days.

 

C. How did the poet Kaiser Haq pass his days after his sister's death?

Ans:- The poet pased his days at school as if he were under austere) miniature ) of crucification as he went through lessons and exercises.

 

D. What did Whitman do when he lived in Brooklyn? 

Ans:- When the poet lived in Brooklyn, he walked around Manhattan, and bathed in the East River, which he couldn't do t today because it is much too polluted.

E. Who are the riders of the carriage in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"? 

Ans:- Death, Immortality and the speaker herself are the riders of the carriage in "Because I could not stop for death".

 

F. "The paths of glory lead but to the grave." What figure of speech is used here?

Ans:- It is an example of epigram in which we find the use of a word and its exactly opposite form in the same sentence for the purpose of raising and apparent contradiction.

 

G. What is the bliss of solitude according to Wordsworth?

Ans:- When the poet is in loneliness, the beautiful scene of the daffodils appears before his mind's eye. The poet calls it the bliss of solitude.

 

H. Why are autumn and the Sun called close bosom friend?

Ans:- Autumn and the Sun are called close bosom friends because they cooperate with each other to bring about the ripeness of the fruits. 

I. How does E. B. Browning convey the idea of the immortality of her love?

Ans:- She conveys the idea of the immortality of her love by asserting  that she would love her husband better after death.

 

J. What does the phrase "good morrow" mean? 

Ans- The phrase "good morrow" means good morning.

 

K. What is the subtitle of Shakespeare's Sonnet-18? 

Ans- The sub-title of "Sonnet-18" is 'Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day".

 

L. What is an allusion?

Ans:- An allusion is a figure of speech that draws an indirect reference to a well-known person, place, or event.

 

Year:- 2018

A. What is the Greek name of Ulysses?

Ans:- The Greek name of Ulysses is Odysseus.

 

B. What does the word 'curfew' mean?

Ans:- The word 'curfew' means the hour of the beginning of night.

 

C. What book of Tagore is the poem "Where the Mind is Without Fear" taken from?

Ans- The poem "Where the Mind is Without Fear" is taken from the  English version of Gitanjali.

 

D. What does Herrick mean by 'short spring'?

Ans:- By 'short spring', Herrick means shortness of youth.

 

E. What is a dramatic monologue?

Ans:- Dramatic monologue is a kind of lyric poem in which a single speaker expresses his thoughts and feelings to a silent listener.

F. What does Shelley mean by the line, "If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?" 

Ans:- It means the spring symbolising resurrection comes closely in the wake of winter when nature is all dead. Thus it means after bad days come good days.

 

G. What does Dylan Thomas glorify in 'Fern Hill"? 

Ans- Dylan Thomas glorifies childhood in 'Fern Hill'.

 

H. What does the name of Yeats' daughter? 

Ans:- The name of Yeats' daughter is Anne.

 

I. What is the cause of conflict between husband and wife in the poem 'Home Burial'.?

Ans- Lack of communication is the cause. conflict between husband

  

J. "Killers from the egg"-- What do you understand by this line?

Ans:- The phrase "Killers from the eggs" means that the pike have destructive instinct in them from the very time the mother fish lays its eggs.

 

K. How did the speaker's sister of the poem 'Learning Grief die? 

Ans:- The speaker's sister of the poem 'Learning Grief died from winter pneumonia.

 

L. "Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest". Identify the figure of speech.

Ans:- It is an example of synecdoche because individual for classes is indicated as Milton represents a class of famous talented poets.

 

Year:- 2019.

A. What is meant by the 'eternal lines' in the poem "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day"?

Ans- The 'eternal lines' refer to the last two lines of the poem "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day".

 

B. How do the daffodils look like?

Ans:- The daffodils look like innumerable stars shining in the sky.

 

C. What does the expression "Thou breath of Autumn's being' mean?

Ans:- Here 'thou' is the West Wind which is described here as the omnipresent) spirit of Autumn.

 

D. What does W. B. Yeats pray for his daughter? 

Ans:- W. B. Yeats prays four things for his daughter. They include: moderate beauty, courtesy, contempt for hatred and an aristocratic bridegroom.

 

E. How does the poem "Ulysses" end?

Ans:- The poem "Ulysses" ends with the famous exhortation of Ulysses to his comrades to "strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."

 

F. What does 'ferry' symbolise in the poem "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry"?

Ans:

 

G. What does Herrick compare human life?

Ans- Herrick compares human life with short-lived daffodils.

 

H. What is a rhetoric question?

Ans:- A rhetoric question is asked for effect that neither expects not requires an answer.

 

I. What is an ode?

Ans:- An ode is a kind of lyric poem where someone or something is addressed.

 

J. "The path of glory leads but to the grave" - What is meant here?

Ans:- Here it is meant that it does not matter if we are rich or poor, we all will die. No one is able to escape death.

 

K. What is a hemisphere?

Ans- A hemisphere is one of the two halves of the Earth, especially the half above or below the equator(বিষুবরেখা)

 

L. Why shall God repay the patriot?

Ans:- God shall repay the patriot as people have not recognized his services in this life, it is a good reason that he will be rewarded by God in Heaven.

 

Year:- 2020

A. What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?

Ans- The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet is abab cded efef gg. B. What is metaphysical conceit?

 

Ans- The metaphysical conceit, characteristic of Donne and his followers, is a comparison, often complex, startling, and highly intellectual and dissimilar.

C. How is Autumn personified in the poem "To Autumn"? 

Ans:- In the poem 'To Autumn', Autumn is personified as a winnower), as reaper, as a gleaner), and as a cider-presser.

 

D. How was the patriot received by his countrymen?

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E. What is the name of the wife in the poem "Home Burial"?

Ans:- The name of the wife in the poem "Home Burial" is Amy.

 

F. How do human being disappear from the earth as stated in the poem "To Daffodils"?

Ans:

 

G. What does Ted Hughes mean by the phrase "Killers from the eggs"?

Ans:- The phrase "Killers from the eggs" means that the pike have destructive instinct in them from the very time the mother fish lays its eggs.

 

H. What does Dylan Thomas mean by "litling house"?

Ans:- By "litling house", Dylan Thomas means a melodious house full of merry and sweet sounds.

 

I. What are the twofold functions of the West Wind?

Ans- The twofold functions of the West Wind are that it is both a destroyer and a preserver.

 

J. Who is Telemachus?

Ans:- Telemachus is the son of Ulysses

 

K. What is 'irony:?

Ans:- It is a figure of speech in intended. hich the very opposite of what is said is

 

L. What does Gray mean by the "inevitable hour"?

Ans:- By "inevitable hour", Gray means unavoidable hour or death.