Ba 3rd year paper 1st My Last Duchess by Robert Browning

 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 Duchess" ?

Answer.  This poem owes it's conception to Browning's travels in northern Italy. It is based on the life of Duke Vespasiano Gonzalo who belonged to an ancient family of the district near Mantua.His first wife Diana was lovely but her husband suspected her fidelity and she disappeared mysteriously, probably by violence. The second wife was put to death- "I gave commands; 

      Then all smiles stopped together"  That is, the commands were that she should be killed.

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Ba 3rd year paper 1st DON'T CALL ME INDO-ANGLIAN by SYED AMANUDDIN

 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...
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Ba 3rd year paper 1st IS POETRY ALWAYS WORTHY WHEN IT'S OLD by KALIDAS

 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 ...
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Ba 3rd year paper 1st BHARTRHARI

 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...
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