PAST PAPER B - YEAR 2007

12. YEAR 2007

Attempt FIVE questions in all. Question No. 1 is COMPULSORY. In addition attempt at least TWO questions from each section. All questions carry equal marks. 

1. Explain with reference to the context any THREE of the following:
(i) I may assert eternal providence.
And justify the ways of God to man.
(ii) These beauteous forms
As is a landscape to a blind man's eye.
But oft, in the lonely rooms,
And 'mid the din'
Of towns and cities.
(iii) Seasons of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Change like this to a deep roar?
(iv) When had I heard this wind befor
Close bosom friend of the maturing sun.
(v) O' thou soul of my soul!
I shall clasp thee again,
And with God be the rest!
(vi) Life's but a walking shadow,
A poor player .....

SECTION - A

2. Discuss the role of supernatural in the play 'Macbeth'.
3. What makes 'Macbeth' a gory play?
4. Discuss some of the themes of the play 'The Glass Menagerie'.
5. Discuss the stylistic features of the play 'The Glass Menagerie'.

SECTION - B

6. Critically evaluate the lines 1-26 of Paradise Lost Book I.
7. Discuss the theme of Resolution and Independence by William Wordsworth.
8. "Bards of Passion and of Mirth" is a poem about poetry and the poet. Comment.
9. "The Trail by Existence" by Robert Frost is a visionary poem. Comment. 

10. Browning is a poet of wonderful dramatic and lyrical power. Comment with reference to his poems. 

Notes Prepared By: Prof. Shahbaz Asghar