Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad (Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics) Warning
Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad (Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics) Warning
Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad (Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics) Warning
WARNING
1. PLAGIARISM OR HIRING OF GHOST WRITER(S) FOR SOLVING
THE ASSIGNMENT(S) WILL DEBAR THE STUDENT FROM AWARD
OF DEGREE/CERTIFICATE, IF FOUND AT ANY STAGE.
2. SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENT(S) BORROWED OR STOLEN FROM
OTHER(S) AS ONE’S OWN WILL BE PENALIZED AS DEFINED IN
“AIOU PLAGIARISM POLICY”.
Q.1: There are many salient characteristics or features of Romanticism. Few of these are
simplicity in expression, revolutionary zeal, individualism, supernaturalism,
subjectivity, medievalism, love for freedom and liberty and predominance of
lyricism Explain these features in your own words. (20)
Q.2: Romantic poets are divided into two groups ie, the early romantics and the later
romantics. Write a note on the early Romantic poets i.e. Blake, Wordsworth, and
Coleridge. (20)
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Q.3: Explain how William Black's poem London reveals the poet's feelings towards the
society in which he lived i.e. England in the 1800s. (20)
Q.4 In The Solitary Reaper Wordsworth with a few brief but well-chosen words,
conveys a picture of the worlds of Man and Nature existing in harmony: Explain
with references from the poem. (20)
Q.5: Coleridge "Kubla Khan," most critics acknowledge that the images, motifs and
ideas explored in the work are representative of Romantic poetry. Do you agree
with the statement? (20)
Q.2: In the "Ode to the West Wind" the speaker treats the west wind as a force of death
and decay and welcomes this death and decay because it means that rejuvenation
and rebirth will come soon. Explain with references from the poem. (20)
Q.4: In the Ode to a Nightangale, at times, the speaker finds comfort in the nightingale's
song and at one point even believes that poetry will bring the speaker
metaphorically closer to the nightingale. By the end of the poem, however, the
speaker seems to be an isolated figure the nightingale flies away, and the speaker
unsure of whether the whole experience has been "a vision" or a "waking dream."
Give your opinion about this statement. (20)
Q.5: "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron offers a bewitchingly romantic description
of a charming woman with whom the speaker seems familiar. It deals with her
exceptional inner and outer beauty. Discuss. (20)