Dr.M.Mazumdar

1. What is the theme of "Composed upon Westminster Bridge"? Ans:- The theme of "Composed upon Westminster Bridge" is that a city, before it awakens, can offer the same calm and serenity as a wholly natural scene.      The theme of the poem is that peace and tranquility can be found just as much or more in contemplating a cityscape as in contemplating a landscape in the country. To achieve this effect, the poet describes London in anthropomorphic terms as if it were a human or even a godlike entity. Its clothing is the bright glittering beauty of the morning. For the moment, as Wordsworth observes, its "mighty heart is lying still." Its various components, such as its houses, "ships, towers, domes, theaters, and temples" are devoid of the bustling of humans, which brings a preternatural hush and pause on the scene.     The loveliness that Wordsworth glimpses while standing on the bridge is observed in a moment out of time. This will not last long,

Short questions 2nd sem:- 1. Give the names of the three main characters in 'The Open Window'. 4th sem:- 1. What was the profession of Mathilde's husband? 6th sem:- 1. Who is single in the field in 'The Solitary Reaper'? ------------------------------ 2nd Sem:- 1. Who was Vera? What was the outcome of her joke in the short story 'The Open Window'? 4th Sem:- 1. Who is the poet of "Falling Stars"? What is the meaning of the poem? 2. Comment on the theme of the poem 'Childhood'. 6th Sem:- 1. Who called poetry the 'criticism of life'? Discuss the features of Victorian Poetry. Q.1. How does Pablo Neruda try to discover the latent soul of ordinary things in the poem "Cat's Dream"? Q.2. Write a critical appreciation of Neruda's poem, "Love Sonnet - XVII : I do not Love you." Q.1. How does the cat sleep in the poem, "Cat's Dream" ? Q.2. What image is created by the phrase 'stone-carved moustach