We have collected the old examination questions of
Paradise Lost by John Milton
Prologue to the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Sonnet by Shakespeare
Love and Divine Poems by John Donne
Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope
and answered these questions as under.
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We have collected the old examination questions of
Paradise Lost by John Milton
FaerieQueenby Edmund Spenser
Prologue to the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Sonnet by Shakespeare
Love and Divine Poems by John Donne
Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope
and answered these questions as under.
We have posted these questions time to time on Nazar Bazmi’s Notes(nazarbazmi.com), here we have collected all links together as under
Introduction: The Faerie Queene questions and answers by Edmund Spencer, poets’ poet also includes definitions of epic poem, allegory, Spenserian stanza and Alexandrine. You have any question about Poetry, The Faerie Queene questions and answers feels free to ask.
Lady Una appealed Queen Gloriana to help her because her father and mother enclose in a castle by a dragon. Queen Gloriana of Faerie Land has employed theRed Cross Knightto go with LadyUnato kill the dragon that is destroying the land and seizingUna’sparents imprisoned.
Archimagois a magician, deceitful and an antagonist next to Duessa. He is a magician skillful of varying his own look but at the end his magic is proven weak and unsuccessful.
In the annual twelve-day feast by Queen Gloriana, it is custom that anyone who is in trouble can appear before the court and ask for help. Lady Una complains that her parents are seized in a fortress by a dragon. The Red Cross Knight proposes to help her.
Archimago plays the role of a deceiver and a magician. He disguises himself as Red Cross Knight in an effort to get Una. He misguided the Una and Red Cross Knight through lies and false appearances.
On the appeal of Fair Lady Una, Queen Gloriana of the Faerie land sent Knight Red Cross to go with Lady Una to kill the dragon that seized the Unna’s parents in a fortress.
Sensuous love is a physical love or sexual love. In this love the animal passion for bodily love.
Conjugal love is the married life. Donne’s poem “A Valediction: forbidding mourning” is one example of conjugal love.
The three moods of love in Donne’s poetry are cynical love (anti woman), conjugal love(married life) and Platonic love(spiritual love).
Metaphysical conceit is a comparison between spiritual aspects and worldly things. In other words the two heterogeneous ideas were yoked together. For example: “He compares himself and his beloved with two hemispheres of the world ” in ‘Good Morrow‘ by John Donne.
Metaphysical poetry is a highly intellectualized poetry with the use of wit, imagery, conceits and paradox etc. It is obscure and rigid. For example: “John Donne’s poetry“.
Ariel totally fail to guarding Belinda because Belinda has lost her beautiful lock.
The role of the Ariel in ” The Rape of the Lock” is to guard and guide the Belinda.
Belinda’s lock finally goes to the lunar sphere.
Betty is maid servant of Belinda and she helps her in her toilet.
Shock is the name of the pet dog of Belinda.
Write the Rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnets? The rhyme scheme of Shakespearean sonnets is abab cdcd efef gg. What, in general, is the theme of Shakespearean sonnets? The general themes in Shakespearean sonnets are…Short Questions and Answers of ‘Sonnets’ by Shakespeare
Introduction: General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales study Questions and Short Answers. It is a collection of important University Questions of General Prologue. It includes Character sketches, Objective Answers and Important Terms definitions.
Chaucer was the first who had written poetry in English language. Before Chaucer there were different dialects but Chaucer used one and gave it worth and made it a language.
Chaucer found English a dialect and left it a language. He gave the new shape to verse and rise to drama. He is also called the grandfather of English novel.
In Europe four prominent dialects were used Southern, Northern, Midland and Kentish. But, he used the East Midland dialect in his poetry.
Geoffrey Chaucer the father of English poetry wrote the Canterbury Tales.
Canterbury Tales was written between 1387 and 1400 AD.
Geoffrey Chaucer wrote Canterbury Tales and it was published in 1400 AD first.
In Europe the month of April is pleasant and beginning of spring season. So, the poet says it the showers of April sweet.
The important characters are the host, the village parson, the knight etc.
The ecclesiastical characters are Prioress, nun, priest, Friar, monk, the village parson, the summoner and pardoner.
Knight has fought in Christendom and heathen lands. Also, in Alexandria, Prussia, Lithuania and Russia, Granada, Lyes, Attalia and Turkey.
The actual name of Prioress is Madame Eglantine.
Chaucer specially described the manner of eating, her speaking in French and her forehead.
It took nine days for Satan to fall from Heaven to Hell.
Beelzebub demon is floating alongside Satan in the fiery lake at the beginning of the poem.
Beelzebub is fully faithful to Satan and he encourage the Satan for revenge.
Satan tempt Eve because it is easy for him due to the frivolous nature of woman.
Urania is the muse of history and the subject of “Paradise Lost” is also from historical so, ‘heavenly muse‘ in “Paradise Lost” is Urania and Calliope for Epic poetry.
In “Paradise Lost’ Satan and fallen angels built a palace that was called ‘ Pandemonium’. In this palace fallen angels assemble for meeting.
An epic is a long narrative poem on a grand scale about the deeds of heroes and warriors.
Free verse is a type of poetry has no regular meter and line length. It depends on natural speech’s rhythms and stressed and unstressed syllables.
Blank verse is one kind of poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter. It’s meter is natural to English language.
The title of the “Paradise Lost” refers to the Biblical story of Adam and Eve eviction from the Garden of Eden.
In “Paradise Lost’ Satan and fallen angels built a palace that was called ‘ Pandemonium‘. In this palace fallen angels assemble for meeting.
An epic is a long narrative poem on a grand scale about the deeds of heroes and warriors. Examples: Fairy Queen and Paradise Lost etc.
Song is a poem in musical setting for singing or chanting with or without musical accompaniment.
Sonnet is a fourteen line poem usually in iambic pentameters with considerable variation in rhyme scheme. Example: Shakespearean sonnets etc.
Elegy is a poem of mourning giving expression to personal grief of the poet for another person usually for the died person. Example: O Captain, My Captain etc.
The Second Coming analysis arranged in a way that first comes introduction then main themes, poem’s description, Yeats’ vision of second coming, knowledge from vision, style analysis and word’s meaning.
“The second coming” was written in 1921. It is best known and significant poem of W.B.Yeats. It is also important that it is appropriate to the present age.
The main themesare the second coming of The Christ, the revival of faith and revival of civilization in the poem The Second Coming.
This line “Turning and turning in the winding gyre” means the cycle of life like Cycle of Christ ( birth – prophet – crucified – rebirth). Means frequent changes occurred.
“The falcon cannot hear the falconer” means civilization or Christianity is unable to understand the teaching of the Christ or god. They were divided in Catholic and Protestant.
“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold” means Christianity or church loose the control on people, and people disbelief and left traditions.
Critical Analysis of Casting and Gathering by Seamus Heaney. It includes introduction, definition of title, political and didactic purposes and style.
Poem is dedicated to Ted Hughes, who is a fisher man and friend of Seamus Heaney.
Casting means throwing/ put a side. It also refers to right hand side political party “ The Capitalists”. Their motto was “individual is everything”.
Gathering means to collect/ harvest. It also refers to left hand side political party “ The Socialists”. Their motto was “individual belong to society”.
This poem shows the conflict between two political parties. One is Capitalists and second is Socialists. The purpose of both the parties is same as the well being of humanity. Seamus Heaney used the words Hush and lush. It means fear of war and hope of progress. Due to the conflict between two parties people feel the fear of war and have the hope of progress. Seamus Heaney Writes that They can compromise on their action or to make their commitment better. They escape for the time being and makes new strategies.
Critical Analysis of Personal Helicon by Seamus Heaney consist of introduction, definition of title, literal meaning of the poem, deeper meaning of the poem, use of imagery, use of symbols, use of Greek mythology and style.
This poem was first published in 1966 in the book “Death of Naturalist”. The poem is dedicated to Michael Longley who is a poet and friend of Seamus Heaney.
Personal means the poet’s own life and experiences/Autobiographical elements.
Helicon is the name of a mountain in Greek mythology where nine muses live. The streams run down from this mountain gives the power to write poetry who drink from it, means poetic inspiration. Poet was inspired by this myth. So, the title suggest that “Personal Helicon ” means The poet’s own inspiration.
In Ireland there were many wells with names of saints and poet was inspired by the wells. In his childhood he plays near the wells and watched the drawing of water with the help of bucket from wells. Wells as the way of personal reflection and understanding of natural world. Wells are doorways to underground world. Poet saw the reflection of sky in well and think it that sky trapped in a well. Now poet is older and wiser. His thirst for knowledge increases.