English literature question and answer.

 DON'T CALL ME INDO-ANGLIAN Question.(1) Comment on the style of Syed Amanuddin's poems ? Answer. Syed Amanuddin has innovate style in his poems. He does not use punctuation marks and capital letters. He hates the use of hyphens. He uses a definite structure to divided his poems into sections and stanzas. He starts a line at the margin and then explains it in the lines that follow. Question.(2) Why does syed amanuddin dislike to be called Indo-anglian ? Answer. Syed Amanuddin dislikes to be called Indo-anglian because he is allergic to this term. Although he writes and dreams in English yet the term Indo-anglian does not appeal to him. He does not like a confused mixture of different things like culture and language. Question.(3) Why does syed amanuddin hate hyphens and hyphenated minda ? Answer. Syed Amanuddin hates hyphens because he considers them artificial bridges between artificial values in the name of race, religion and language.  He condemns all hyphenated minds wh...

 BHARTRHARI Question.(1) What do you know about Bhartrhari ? Answer. Bhartrhari was the king of ujjayini (now Ujjain) in the Malwa region of Central India. He a great scholar, Sanskrit poet gram marian and philosopher. He belonged to parmar dynasty and lived in the latter half of the fifth century. He was the exponent of moral principles. He was the shining star of Indian culture. He was generous and kind to his subjects. Question.(2) Why did king Bhartri renounce his kingdom ? Answer.  Legend has it that king Bhartri renounced his kingdom and the world and retired to the forest when he discovered his queen pingala's infidelity in married life. He became a sadhu after the renunciation. Question.(3) What according to Bharthari is the function of poetry ? Answer. The function of poetry is to pierce our heart and through this to sway our senses. The poet compares poetry to a bowmen's arrow which also has the same function. Real success of a poem or an arrow lies in moving our sen...

 Is poetry always worthy when it's old Question.(1) What do you know about the life ? Answer. Kalidas, the greatest Sanskrit poet and dramatist, was probably born in Ujjajini in Malwa in Central India. The probable years of his birth and death are 388 A. D. and 455 A. D. Nothing is known about for certain except that he was retained by the Gupta Court. Based on tradition it is represented that he was an illiterate person, till by the favour of the goddess he suddenly found himself endowed with poetic genius. Legend has it that he was a court poet of king Vikramaditya. Question.(2) What is the first question posed by Kalidas in the first line of the poem 'Is Poetry Always Worthy when it's Old ?" Answer. Kalidas has put a very pertinent question in the poem whether poetry is always worthy when it is old. Actually, time is the greatest critic and when a work stands the test of time, it becomes immortal. Thus poetry becomes worthy when it is old. Kalidas's poems are ...

 BHAVABHUTI Question.(1) What are the main characteristics of Bhavabhuti's plays ? Answer. Bhavabhuti's dramas are remarkable for characterisation, plot - construction, language and style. His play 'Uttar Ram Charit' describes Ram's life-story after his coronation.  His play 'Mahavir Charit' presents Ram's marriage, Ram's exile, Sita's abduction and Ram's coronation. The play 'Malti Madhav' presents a very gripping love story. Question.(2) How does Bhavabhuti express his optimism ? Answer. Bhavabhuti says that if the learned critics find fault with his poetry and do not share his thought, let them do so. Certainly the world is not going to end with these critics. Time is endless and the world is wide. The poet is certain that the coming generations will appreciate his poetry and share his thought. Thus Bhavabhuti expresses his optimism.

  Question.(1) What do yo know about Eliot's achievement ? Answer . Born in America, T. S. Eliot  settled England and became a naturalised English citizen. He was a versatile genius — a poet, critic, essayist, poetic dramatist, editor and publisher. His two dramatic monologues ' The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock " and "Portrait of a lady " are his finest poems. His ' The Waste Land 'is an ironic comment on the decadence or corruption or emptiness of modern civilisation. He was awarded Order of Merit and Novel Prize for Literature in 1948. Question.(2) What is the main theme of Eliot's poem 'Preludes' ? Answer. The poem 'Preludes' is made up of a sequence of descriptions of details of urban experience. It gives us some of the most memorable pictures of an anonymous city. It dwells on the low aspects of urban life. The first two preludes give a purely objective rendering of the city at evening and morning. The last two preludes are ...

Question.(1) What is the poet's prayer for her beauty ? Answer. The poet prays for his daughter's beauty. God may grant her beauty but not the beauty of Helen of Troy who attracted every one and made people mad after her. She should not be so beautiful that she may fall in love with herself and become proud. Question.(2) What virtue does the poet wish his daughter to cultivate ?  Answer. Years wishes his daughter to cultivate courtesy, as her principal virtue. Now courtesy is not a gift but an acquisition. It is a product of sincere labour on the part of women who are not exceptionally beautiful. He reflects on the wisdom and contentment which his own marriage has  brought to him. Question.(3) Why does Yeats want his daughter to be free from hatred ?  Answer. Yeats wants his daughter to be free from all feelings of hatred. She should develop qualities of character and manners. If there is no hatred in our mind, threats and buffets of the wind of misfortune can never...

  Question.(1) To which age does Hopkins belong ? Answer. By birth Hopkins was a Victorian poet. He was born in 1844, that is, in the mid-nineteenth century and his childhood was shaped by events of the Victorian society. However, his poetry belongs to modernism in subject-matter, use of language and experimentation in rhythm and syntax. Hopkins was much ahead of his times. Question.(2) How does Hopkins contrast the sea and the skylark with man ? Answer. First of all Hopkins describes the natural sounds if the sea and the singing of the skylark. These fill him with joy. But in the sestet his mood changes to one of gloom and despondency. He is deeply pessimistic and foresees the total decline and even dissolution the human race.

  Question.(1) What is the main theme of Arnold's poem ‘Dover Beach’ ? Answer. ‘ Dover  Beach’ is a poem which echoes Arnold's typical note of sadness and the sense of tears in mortal things. In it Arnold expresses his loneliness, sense of religious loss and feelings of spiritual isolation. Question. (2) What is Arnold's conviction towards the end of the poem ‘Dover Beach’ ? Answer. Arnold's conviction is that in this world without faith there is nothing to endear or console life. The world appears to be a land of dreams but it has nothing it—no joy, no love, no peace, no relief. Therefore, the only consolation for man is, "O love, let us be true to one another in a world which is so deceptive".

  Question.(1) To which age did Browning belong? Answer. Browning belongs to Victorian age. He divides with Tennyson the primacy of poetry in the Victorian era but the two poets are curiously dissimilar. Whereas in Tennyson the artistic form is paramount, of much of Browning's work, thought is more important.  Question.(2) what are the main qualities of Browning's poetry ? Answer: A part from obscurity, another quality of Browning's poetry is his robust optimism which rests on his concept of love, his faith in religion and a realistic appraisal of success and failure. Question.(3) What kind of poem is "My Last Duchess" ? Answer.  "My last Duchess" is a dramatic monologue. The speaker is an Italian Duke of the Renaissance period. He is speaking to the Count's messenger who has come with a marriage proposal. We feel that the listener is present, thought he does note utter a single word. Question.(4)  What is the origin of the poem "My Last Duches...