(A)
Read the following extract and answers the questions carefully.
Read the following extract and answers the questions carefully.
(1) “Not………….powerful rhyme.”
(a) What
is meant by ‘marble’?
is meant by ‘marble’?
(b) Explain
– ‘Gilded Monuments’.
– ‘Gilded Monuments’.
(c) Whose
monuments are referred here?
monuments are referred here?
(d) Give an
example of Enjambment from the above lines.
example of Enjambment from the above lines.
(2) “…….shall outlive this powerful rhyme.”
(a) What
do you understand by outlive?
do you understand by outlive?
(b) What
will be out lived?
will be out lived?
(c) What
will outlive?
will outlive?
(d) What
is the powerful rhyme.
is the powerful rhyme.
(3) “But you shall shine…….sluttish time.”
(a) Who
is meant by ‘you’?
is meant by ‘you’?
(b) What
is meant by ‘in these contents’?
is meant by ‘in these contents’?
(c) What
do you understand by ‘upswept stone’?
do you understand by ‘upswept stone’?
(d)
What is the time sluttish?
What is the time sluttish?
(4) “when….overturn.”
(a) Give an example of Alliteration
from the above lines.
from the above lines.
(b) Give
an example of Inversion from the above lines.
an example of Inversion from the above lines.
(c) Why
is the war said to be wasteful?
is the war said to be wasteful?
(d) How
will the statues be overturned?
will the statues be overturned?
(5) “And……masonry.”
(a) What
is meant by ‘broils’?
is meant by ‘broils’?
(b) Explain
– ‘Root out’.
– ‘Root out’.
(c) What
is work of masonry?
is work of masonry?
(d) Give
the rhyme scheme of the poem?
the rhyme scheme of the poem?
(6) “Nor……..your memory.”
(a) Whose
memory is meant here?
memory is meant here?
(b) Who
is ‘mars’?
is ‘mars’?
(c) What
is ‘the living record’?
is ‘the living record’?
(d) How
is the record a living one?
is the record a living one?
(7) “Gainst….pace forth.”
(a) How
will the sonnet defeat death?
will the sonnet defeat death?
(b) What
is meant by ‘oblivious enmity’?
is meant by ‘oblivious enmity’?
(c) Who
will pace forth?
will pace forth?
(d) What
is meant by pace forth?
is meant by pace forth?
(8) “Your praise….posterity.”
(a) Whose
praise is meant?
praise is meant?
(b) Give
an example of Alliteration from the above lines.
an example of Alliteration from the above lines.
(c) What
is meant by ‘room’?
is meant by ‘room’?
(d) What
is meant by ‘Posterity’?
is meant by ‘Posterity’?
(9) “That………..ending doom.”
(a) What
is meant by ‘ending doom’?
is meant by ‘ending doom’?
(b) What
is meant here by ‘That’?
is meant here by ‘That’?
(c) Why
did the poet use ‘wear’?
did the poet use ‘wear’?
(d) Explain
– “this world”.
– “this world”.
10. So, till the…………lover’s eyes.”
(a) What
is ‘judgment’?
is ‘judgment’?
(b) Explain
– “yourself arise.”
– “yourself arise.”
(c) Explain
– ‘you live in this’.
– ‘you live in this’.
(d) Who
are the lovers?
are the lovers?
(B) Answer the following questions in about
30-40 words each.
30-40 words each.
(a) Consider
the poem as a didactic one.
the poem as a didactic one.
(b) How
did Shakespeare present ‘Time’ in sonnet-55?
did Shakespeare present ‘Time’ in sonnet-55?
(c) How
will the friend of Shakespeare be alive till ending doom?
will the friend of Shakespeare be alive till ending doom?
(d) What hurdles
did Shakespeare state that will by defeated by his sonnet.
did Shakespeare state that will by defeated by his sonnet.
(e) How did
Shakespeare immortalize his friend’s memory?
Shakespeare immortalize his friend’s memory?
(f) How is
‘ending doom’ presented by Shakespeare?
‘ending doom’ presented by Shakespeare?
(g) How is
time and timelessness presented in the poem?
time and timelessness presented in the poem?
(h) Explain
the structure of the sonnet-55.
the structure of the sonnet-55.
(i) How is
sonnet-55 a sonnet?
sonnet-55 a sonnet?
(j) Explain
the first stanza of the poem.
the first stanza of the poem.
(C) Answer the following questions in about
100-120 words each.
100-120 words each.
a)
“Shakespeare is successful in his assay of immortalizing his friend”-discuss.
“Shakespeare is successful in his assay of immortalizing his friend”-discuss.
b)
How did Shakespeare defy time in sonnet 55?
How did Shakespeare defy time in sonnet 55?
c)
Discuss the dominant themes used in sonnet 55?
Discuss the dominant themes used in sonnet 55?
d)
How the figures of speeches are used in sonnet 55?
How the figures of speeches are used in sonnet 55?