Suggestion of the 20th Century Poetry

4th Year Final Exam 2022, will be held on the year-2024 (এটা 2024 সালের এক্সাম এর জন্য সাজেশান)

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Part – C

W. B. Yeats

1. *** Comment on Yeats’ use of symbols.
2. *** How does Yeats combine myth and history in his poems?
3. Write the critical appreciation of the poem ‘Second Coming’.
4. Write the critical appreciation of the poem ‘Sailing to Byzantium’.

T. S. Eliot

1. *** Comment on the use of symbols in The Waste Land.
2. *** How does Eliot link between past and present in The Waste Land?
3. *** Discuss the atmosphere of futility and barrenness in ‘The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock’?
4. How Eliot brings forth the decay and disorder of modern civilization in his The Waste Land.

Dylan Thomas

1. *** Write the critical appreciation of the poem ‘Poem in October.’
2. *** Comment on the treatment of childhood in the poem ‘Poem in October’.
3. *** Comment on the religious elements from Dylan’s poems.

Sylvia Plath

1. *** Comment on the poetic technique of Sylvia Plath
2. Write the critical appreciation of the Morning Song.
3. *** Discuss the use of myths and imagery in the poems of Sylvia Plath.
4. How does the poet present motherhood in The Morning Song?

Part – B

W. B. Yeats

1. Discuss Yeats’ concept of history.
2. In what sense is ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree’ a poem about escapism?
3. Write a note on ‘Spiritus Mundi’.
4. What is Yeats’ attitude to old age in the poem ‘Sailing to Byzantium’?
5. How does Yeats desire immortality in ‘Sailing to Byzantium’?
6. Write a note on Yeats’ magic and occultism.
7. Show Yeats’ myth-making power in Easter 1916.
8. What does ‘Byzantium’ symbolize in the poem ‘Sailing to Byzantium’?
9. Trace our Yeats’ changing attitude to contemporary Irish revolutionaries.

T. S. Eliot

1. Why is Profrock unwilling to compare himself to Hamlet?
2. What is the problem with Prufrock?
3. Why did Prufrock fail to propose to the lady?
4. Write a short note on the Holy Grail/ Fisher King.
5. Discuss the significance of the character of Madame Sosostris in The Waste Land.
6. Why is London called an unreal city?
7. What is the significance of the Tarot pack of cards?
8. What aspect of contemporary life is reflected by the seduction of the typist girl and the violation of the Thames daughters?
9. What remedies does Eliot suggest for moral degradation?
10. ‘The Waster Land is a sigh for vanished glory of past’- Explain.
11. Depict the life of the Waste Landers.
12. Discuss The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock as an interior monologue.
13. Comment on the inner conflict of Prufrock.
14. Justify the title of the poem ‘The Waste Land’.
15. Explain the theme of the poem ‘The Waste Land’.

Dylan Thomas

1. What impression of Dylan as a schizoid do you find in ‘Poem in October’?
2. How was Dylan Thomas influenced by the Metaphysical poets?
3. What prayer does Dylan Thomas offer at the end of the poem ‘Poem in October’?
4. Comment on the fantasy used in ‘Poem in October’.
5. What are the reasons for the obscurity in the poetry of Dylan Thomas?
6. Comment on the imageries used in ‘Poem in October’.

Sylvia Plath

1. How would you characterize the speaker’s relationship with her child in Morning Song?
2. What is the attitude of the mother towards her child in the poem Morning Songs?
3. Write on natural imagery to show mother-child relationship development in Morning Songs.
4. What features of the song do you get in Morning Songs?
5. Describe the different stages of the journey in Crossing the Water.
6. How does Sylvia Plath Reveal the emotional journey of her life through the poem Words?
7. Discuss the metaphors used in Words by Sylvia Plath to show the difficult in writing poetry.
8. To what extent does Sylvia Plath make use of classical myth in Crossing the Water?

Previous Questions

Question of 2021

NB: নিচের সাজেশান টা আগের বছরের। উপরের টা তোমাদের অর্থাৎ যারা 24 সালে পরিক্ষা দিবে।

Part – C

1. What personal and romantic elements do you find in W. B. Yeats’ poem?
2. Evaluate W.B. Yeats as an Irish nationalist poet.
3. Write the critical appreciation of the poem ‘Second Coming’.

1. Comment on the use of symbols in The Waste Land.
2. How does Eliot link between past and present in The Waste Land?
3. Discuss the atmosphere of futility and barrenness in ‘The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock’?
4. Discuss the theme of salvation/conflict of modern man in ‘The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock’?
5. Comment on the use of Myths and legend in ‘The Wasteland’.

1. Write the critical appreciation of the poem ‘Poem in October.’
2. Comment on the religious elements from Dylan’s poems.
3. Discuss the use of symbols and imagery in the poem ‘Poem in October’.

1. Comment on the poetic technique of Sylvia Plath
2. Write the critical appreciation of the Morning Song.
3. Discuss the male-female relationship from the poems of Sylvia Plath.
4. Discuss the use of myths and imagery in the poems of Sylvia Plath.
5. How does the poet present motherhood in The Morning Song?

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Question of Previous Exam- 2020

Previous Suggestion

For 4th year 2020

1. Discuss W. B. Yeat’s treatment of history and myth.
2. Discuss the symbols used by Yeats in his poems.
3. How Eliot brings forth the decay and disorder of the modern civilization in his The Waste Land.
4. Comment on the use of symbols in The Waste Land.
5. Write the critical appreciation of the poem ‘Poem in October.’
6. Discuss Dylan Thomas’s treatment of childhood in his Poem in October.
7. Comment on the religious elements from Dylan’s poems.
8. Comment on the poetic technique of Sylvia Plath
9. Write the critical appreciation of the Morning Song.
10. Discuss the male-female relationship from the poems of Sylvia Plath.