YEAR 2004
Attempt FOUR questions. Question No. 1 is compulsory. All questions
carry equal marks.
1. Refer THREE of the following passages to their context and
explain these critically.
"Without
contrariness is no progression" said Blake. From your reading of his
poems, describe how, as Blake move from Songs of Innocence to Songs of
Experience, :"the exquisitely tender vision of childhood is crossed and
shadowed by the darker realities of life".
YEAR 2005
In the last
analysis, should we view the songs of innocence and songs of experience as mere
contrary states of the soul, or both as necessary in the cycle of being?
YEAR 2006
Blake
figures prominently among the poets who brought the Romantic Revival. Discuss
YEAR 2007
Attempt FOUR questions. Question No. 1 is compulsory. All questions
carry equal marks.
1. Refer THREE of the following passages to their context and explain these critically.
1. Refer THREE of the following passages to their context and explain these critically.
(i) Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What Immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In the forests of the night,
What Immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
Q.Are
Blake's poems symbolic? Illustrate with examples.
YEAR 2008
Explain
with reference to their context THREE of the following extracts:
(i) For where'er the sun does shine,
And where'er the rain does fall,
Babe can never hunger there,
Nor poverty the mind appall,
(i) For where'er the sun does shine,
And where'er the rain does fall,
Babe can never hunger there,
Nor poverty the mind appall,
2. Blake is
often anthologized in collection designed for children. Comment on the capacity
of Blake's verse to delight such a wide audience.
YEAR 2009
Explain
with reference to their context
The human
dress is forged iron,
The human form, a fiery forge,
The human face, a furnace sealed
The human heart, its hungry gorge,
The human form, a fiery forge,
The human face, a furnace sealed
The human heart, its hungry gorge,
Compare and
contrast "Holy Thursday 1" and "Holy Thursday 2". (BLAKE)
YEAR 2009 (Supplementary)
1.
Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the
following extracts:
(i) I wander through each dirty street
Near where the dirty Thames does flow,
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness marks of woe.
(i) I wander through each dirty street
Near where the dirty Thames does flow,
And mark in every face I meet
Marks of weakness marks of woe.
2.
With reference to the poetry of William Blake interpret
innocence and experience.
YEAR 2010
'London' is a 'Sick Rose'. How far does Blake's
poetry bear out the truth of this statement.
YEAR 2010 (Supplementary)
To see a World in a grain of sand,
And a Heaven in a wild flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And Eternity in an hour.
And a Heaven in a wild flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And Eternity in an hour.
YEAR 2011
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England's mountain green?
Walk upon England's mountain green?
In what ways do 'Songs of Innocence' compare with
'Songs of Experience' in Blake?
YEAR 2011 (Supplementary)
Tiger! Tiger! Burning bright
In the forest of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry.
In the forest of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry.
Discuss 'Holy Thursday I and II' with
reference to other poems of Blake's that you have read.
YEAR 2012
Ah Sunflower, weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller's journey is done;
Who countest the steps of the sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller's journey is done;
Show how Blake sensitizes the reader to the
inter-relatedness of man and other life forms. (William Blake)
YEAR 2012 (Supplementary)
How the chimney-sweeper's cry
Every blackening church appals,
And the hapless soldier's sigh
Runs in blood down palace walls
Every blackening church appals,
And the hapless soldier's sigh
Runs in blood down palace walls
Analyze Blake's social consciousness with
detailed reference to his poetry. (W. Blake)
YEAR 2013
What a multitude they seem'd, these flowers of
London town!
Seated in companies they sit with radiance all their own.
Seated in companies they sit with radiance all their own.
Blake said that without contraries there is
no progression: How is this brought out by Songs of Innocence and Songs of
Experience?
YEAR 2014
xplain any FOUR of the following with reference
to the context.
(i) Ah Sunflower, weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller's journey is done;
(i) Ah Sunflower, weary of time,
Who countest the steps of the sun;
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller's journey is done;
With close reference to Blake's 'Songs of
Experience' describe the moral structure he desires in the English society.
YEAR 2015
Attempt any FOUR of the following with reference
to the context.
(i) Beneath them sit the aged men, wise guardians of the poor.
Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.
(i) Beneath them sit the aged men, wise guardians of the poor.
Then cherish pity, lest you drive an angel from your door.
In what ways do Blake's SONGS OF EXPERIENCE form
a companion body to his SONGS OF INNOCENCE?
2015 supply
Q; how are the perceptions of the child and the adult presented in songs of Innocence and experience.
2016 annual
2016 annual
Q: What value does Blake attach to experience in his songs of experience?
2016 supply
2016 supply
Q: How is the title songs of experience capable of more than 1 interpretation?
2017 annual
2017 annual
.Q. Examine the presentation of contraries in the poetry of Blake ?
2018Examine the presentation of contraries in the poetry of Blake ?
2018
Q.Comment the image employed in songs of innocence? 2019
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