ENH 402 · 2020

Write in brief Yeats’s concept of history or the rise and fall of civilizations .

What is the significance of three Da’s in “The Waste Land”?

How does W. B. Yeats pay a glowing tribute to the freedom fighters in Easter 1916?

What is Yeats’s attitude to old age in Sailing to Byzantium?

Or, how are youth and old age contrasted in Sailing to Byzantium?

What does Byzantium symbolize in the poem “Sailing to Byzantium”?

Explain the significance of the title, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.

Write a short note on mythology or Tiresias.

How is nature depicted in “Poem in October”?

What prayer does Dylan Thomas offer at the end of the poem “Poem in October”?

Discuss W.B Yeats Treatment of myth and history.

Comment on the male-female relationship in Sylvia Plath’s poetry.

Critically evaluate the poem “Poem in October”

Write the critical appreciation of the poem The Morning Songs.

Comment on the poetic technique of Sylvia Plath.

Or, what attitude to politics does Yeats show in his poems that you have read?

Or, discuss W. B. Yeats as a poet of Irish nationalism.

Discuss the symbols of Yeats poetry.

Write a critical appreciation of the poem “Sailing to Byzantium”.

Discuss the myths and legends of the poem “The Waste Land”.

Or, “The Waste Land” is a sigh for the vanished glory of the past. Examine the view critically.

Discuss the personal elements of Yeats poetry.

Write an essay on W. B. Yeats as a patriotic poet.

Trace the romantic elements of Yeats’ poetry.

Discuss the theme of salvation in “The Waste Land”.

Discuss how T. S. Eliot reflects the disorder and decay of modern civilization.

How does Eliot create an atmosphere of futility and barrenness in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”?

What irony do you find in the title of the poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” and how does it run throughout the poem?

What are the symbols used by the poet in “The Waste Land”?