University of Delhi 2006-3rd Year Post Graduate Diploma Journalism (Oriya) English Stream A Poems, Play, el and Composition Regular Year : - Question Paper

part ‘A’

Q. 1. select any 2 of the subsequent passages and ans the ques. that follow :
(a) It’s the time when like pupae, they burst their cocoons and Emerge in harsh adult glory, and they no longer Need you.
(i) Name the poem and the poet. 2
(ii) discuss the relation ranging from ‘they’ and ‘you’.
(iii) Bring out the significance of the figure of speech in the 1st line.
(b) Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle’s compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks.
(i) Name the poem and the poet. 2
(ii) What is the poet’s attitude to love ? 2
(iii) Identify the figure of speech used in the first
two lines.
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© We look before and after
And pine for what is not:
Our sincerest laughter
With a few pain is fraught;
Our sincerest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
(i) Name the poem and the poet. 2
(ii) What is the human predicament defined ? 2
(iii) discuss the last line.

part ‘B’

Q. 2. select any 1 of the subsequent passage and ans the ques. that follow :
(a) O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their cause. Bear with me. My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar And I must pause till it come back to me.
(i) Identify the speaker. Who is being addressed and what is the situation ?
(ii) discuss the last 2 lines. 4
(iii) What light do these lines throw on the character of the speaker ?
Or

(b) I, as Aeneas, our great ancestor,
Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder The old Anchises bear, so from the waves of Tiber Did I the tired Caesar. And this man Is now become a god,
(i) Identify the speaker. Who is being addressed ?
) Identify the speaker. Who is being addressed ?
discuss the situation. 4
(ii) discuss the reference to “Aeneas” and “Tiber".
(iii) In what light does the speaker intend to show Caesar and why ?

SECTION’C

Q. 3. Write short notes on any 2 of the following:
(a) The orphan’s dead body;
(b) The Gutter;
© 10, Market Road;
(d)Madan Lal.

Q. 4. Tintern Abbey’ is a poem about Nature and a way of life. explain.
Or

Bring out the various meanings of zero in Poem ‘About Nothing’.

Q. 5. Why and how does Cassius conspire against Julius Caesar ? Is he justified ?
Or

explain the role of the mob in the play Julius Caesar. 10

Q. 6. Trace the efforts made by Margayya in educating his son. Do his efforts bring in any rewards ?
Or

Who or what is responsible for Margayya’s life of ups and downs?

Q. 7. Write an essay in about 300 words on any 1 of the subsequent topics:
(a) My Country, My Pride;
(b) The time of year I like the most;
© The pleasures of travel;
(d) Communalism;
(e) The most interesting film I have seen. 15

Earning:   Approval pending.