Previous Year Brief Questions & Answer of
Introduction to Poetry (2013-2020)
Part A
Honours First Year
Subject: Introduction to Poetry
প্রায় সবগুলো বিষয় থেকেই বিগত সালের প্রশ্ন থেকে কিছু প্রশ্ন বার বার আসে। তাই এখানে আপনাদের Introduction
to Poetry সাবজেক্ট থেকে বিগত কয়েক সালের Brief Question এর সমাধান করে দেওয়া হল।
Year:- 2013
a. What is the sub-title of 'Sonnet-18"?
Ans- The sub-title of 'Sonnet-18' is 'Shall I Summer's Day".
B. "I wandered lonely as a cloud" what kind of figure of
speech do
you find here?
Ans- Simile is used in the line "I wandered lonely as a
cloud".
C. What is hyperbole?
Ans- Hyperbole is a figure of speech where someone or something is
exaggerated.
D. What is Platonic love?
Ans:- Platonic love is a type of love that is chaste and non-sexual.
E. Where did Wordsworth find the daffodils?
Ans- Wordsworth found the daffodils, "beside the lake, beneath the
trees".
F. What allusions do you find in the poem, "Snake"?
Ans:- আগের সিলেবাসের প্রশ্ন।
G. What is "A Passage to India"?
Ans:- আগের সিলেবাসের প্রশ্ন।
H. What is Sabbath?
Ans:- The Jewish Sabbath is observed throughout the year on the seventh
day of the week-Saturday. According to biblical tradition, it commemorates the
original seventh day on which God rested after completing the creation.
I. What is inscribed on the pedestal of the statue of Ozymandias?
Ans:- এটাও আগের সিলেবাসের প্রশ্ন। "My name is Ozxmandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!", inscribed on the
pedestal of the statue of Ozymandias.
J. "Because I could not stop for Death" Why could not the
speaker
stop for death?
Ans- The speaker could not stop for death because she was busy with her
worldly duties and unaware of death.
K. Who is Maud Gonne?
Ans:- Maud Gonne is a beautiful lady and a political leader, with whom
Yeats falls in love as soon as he met her for the first time in 1889.
L. What is "Seven sleepers den"?
Ans:- "Seven sleepers den" refers to the cave in which seven
Christian brothers of Ephesus slept for two hundred years in order to escape
the prosecution of Decius, the Pagan Emperor of that country in 251 AD.
Year: 2014
A. Why does Shelley call the West Wind a 'preserver'?
Ans:- Shelley regards the West Wind as a preservative because it
preserves the seeds by driving them underground till they germinate and fills
the hills and plains with different coloured flowers.
B. Whom does Tagore address as 'my father'?
Ans:- Tagore addresses God as 'my father'.
C. Who are the riders of the carriage in "Because I could not stop
for
death?
Ans:- Death, Immortality and the speaker herself are the riders of the
carriage in "Because I could not stop for death".
D. Name the wife of 'Home Burial'.
Ans:- The name of the wife is Amy in the poem 'Home Burial'.
E. What is 'Shamble's Gate'?
Ans:- The Shamble's Gate is a place where public execution is done. It
is also a place where animals are slaughtered.
F. Who is Penelope?
Ans- Penelope is the wife of Ulysses.
G. How is a Pike?
Ans- A pike is a small animal of violent nature.
H. What is an epitaph?
Ans:- An epitaph is an inscription on a tomb.
I. Name the places connected by the river in 'Crossing the Brooklyn
Ferry'.
Ans:-
J. How does Keats define Autumn?
Ans:- Keats defines Autumn as a season of bounty.
K. What type of beauty does Yeats pray for his daughter?
Ans:- Yeats wants that his daughter should not be excessively beautiful
and fish should have courtesy and self-gratification.
L. Define metaphor.
Ans- A metaphor is an implicit comparison between two dissimilar things
without any use of 'as' or 'like'..
Year: 2015
A. What is the subtitle of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18?
Ans:- The sub-title of "Sonnet-18" is 'Shall I Compare Thee to
a Summer's Day".
B. Name the figure of speech used in the line "Ten thousand saw at
a glance".
Ans- Hyperbole is used in the line "Ten thousand saw at a
glance".
C. What is Fern Hill?
Ans:- It is name of the firm of the poet's aunt, Ann Jones.
D. Whom does Gray compare the death villagers with?
Ans:- Gray compares
the death villagers with many great men like Milton, Hampdon and Cromwell.
E. Define Oxymoron with an example.
Ans:- Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two contradictory words
are put together. Example:
"All changer, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born."
F. "Thus I entered, and thus I go!" Who is the speaker?
Ans:- The patriot is the speaker.
G. What is the message of the poem "To Daffodils"?
Ans- The message of the poem "To Daffodils" is that human life
is short and transient.
H. What is the rhyme scheme of the sonnet "On His Blindness"?
Ans- The rhyme scheme of the sonnet "On His Blindness" is abba
abba cde ede.
I. Where was Walt Whitman born?
Ans:- Walt Whitman was born on May 31, 1819 in West Hills, New York.
J. Who was Achilles?
Ans:- Achilles was the great hero in the Trojan war. He killed Hector.
K. What is the theme of the poem "Home Burial".
Ans:- Lack of communication is the theme of
L. Who was Maud Gonne?
Ans:- Maud Gonne is a beautiful lady and a political leader, with whom
Yeats falls in love as soon as he met her for the first time in 1889.
Year- 2016
A. What does Shakespeare mean by 'eye of heaven'?
Ans:- By the phrase 'eye of heaven', Shakespeare means the sun.
B. What is the tone of the poem "To Daffodils"?
Ans:- The tone
of the poem "To Daffodils" is melancholic and sad.
C. "I will drink life to the lees" What figure of speech is
used here?
Ans- Metaphor is used in the line, "I will drink life to the
lees".
D. What is "Shamble's Gate"?
Ans:- The Shamble's Gate is a place where public execution is done. It
is also a place where animals are slaughtered.
E. To who is literary age does E. B. Browning belong?
Ans:- E. B. Browning belongs to the Victorian Age of English literature.
F. What type of poem is "Because I Could Not Stop for Death"?
Ans:- "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" is a lyric poem on
the theme
of death. It is also a mystic poem.
G. What does Yeats mean by 'intellectual hatred'?
Ans:- By 'intellectual hatred', Yeats means worst kind of hatred.
H. What is the colour of the pike?
Ans:- The pike are deep green and golden colour.
I. What kind of freedom does Tagore want for his countrymen?
Ans- Tagore wants for his countrymen a hea flourishes in an ideal state.
of freedom that
J. What is onomatopoeia?
Ans- Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech in which the sound of words reflect their sense.
K. What is the theme of the poem "Home Burial"?
Ans- Lack of communication is the theme of the poem "Home
Burial".
L. What is an Ode?
Ans:- An ode is a kind of lyric poem where someone or something is
addressed.
Year:- 2017
A. Who serve God best according to Milton?
Ans- According to Milton, he who bears His mild yoke serves Him best.
B. Why does D.H. Lawrence's heart weep to remember the old Sunday
evenings at home?
Ans:- The poet is profoundly impressed by the song of the women, in
spite of himself and his heart weeps to belong to past days.
C. How did the poet Kaiser Haq pass his days after his sister's death?
Ans:- The poet pased his days at school as if he were under austere) miniature
) of crucification as he went through lessons and exercises.
D. What did Whitman do when he lived in Brooklyn?
Ans:- When the poet lived in Brooklyn, he walked around Manhattan, and
bathed in the East River, which he couldn't do t today because it is much too
polluted.
E. Who are the riders of the carriage in "Because I Could Not Stop
for Death"?
Ans:- Death, Immortality and the speaker herself are the riders of the carriage in "Because I could not stop for death".
F. "The paths of glory lead but to the grave." What figure of
speech is used here?
Ans:- It is an example of epigram in which we find the use of a word and
its exactly opposite form in the same sentence for the purpose of raising and
apparent contradiction.
G. What is the bliss of solitude according to Wordsworth?
Ans:- When the poet is in loneliness, the beautiful scene of the
daffodils appears before his mind's eye. The poet calls it the bliss of
solitude.
H. Why are autumn and the Sun called close bosom friend?
Ans:- Autumn and the Sun are called close bosom friends because they
cooperate with each other to bring about the ripeness of the fruits.
I. How
does E. B. Browning convey the idea of the immortality of her love?
Ans:- She conveys the idea of the immortality of her love by asserting that she would love her husband better after death.
J. What does the phrase "good morrow" mean?
Ans- The phrase
"good morrow" means good morning.
K. What is the subtitle of Shakespeare's Sonnet-18?
Ans- The sub-title of "Sonnet-18" is 'Shall I Compare Thee to
a Summer's Day".
L. What is an allusion?
Ans:- An allusion is a figure of speech that draws an indirect reference
to a well-known person, place, or event.
Year:- 2018
A. What is the Greek name of Ulysses?
Ans:- The Greek name of Ulysses is Odysseus.
B. What does the word 'curfew' mean?
Ans:- The word 'curfew' means the hour of the beginning of night.
C. What book of Tagore is the poem "Where the Mind is Without
Fear" taken from?
Ans- The poem "Where the Mind is Without Fear" is taken from
the English version of Gitanjali.
D. What does Herrick mean by 'short spring'?
Ans:- By 'short spring', Herrick means shortness of youth.
E. What is a dramatic monologue?
Ans:- Dramatic monologue is a kind of lyric poem in which a single
speaker expresses his thoughts and feelings to a silent listener.
F. What does Shelley mean by the line, "If Winter comes, can Spring
be far behind?"
Ans:- It means the spring symbolising resurrection comes closely in the
wake of winter when nature is all dead. Thus it means after bad days come good
days.
G. What does Dylan Thomas glorify in 'Fern Hill"?
Ans- Dylan Thomas
glorifies childhood in 'Fern Hill'.
H. What does the name of Yeats' daughter?
Ans:- The name of Yeats' daughter is Anne.
I. What is the cause of conflict between husband
Ans- Lack of communication is the cause. conflict between
husband
J. "Killers from the egg"-- What do you understand by this
line?
Ans:- The phrase "Killers from the eggs" means that the pike
have destructive instinct in them from the very time the mother fish lays its
eggs.
K. How did the speaker's sister of the poem 'Learning Grief die?
Ans:- The speaker's sister of the poem 'Learning Grief died from winter
pneumonia.
L. "Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest". Identify the
figure of speech.
Ans:- It is an example of synecdoche because individual for
classes is indicated as Milton represents a class of famous talented poets.
Year:- 2019.
A. What is meant by the 'eternal lines' in the poem "Shall I
Compare Thee to a Summer's Day"?
Ans- The 'eternal lines' refer to the last two lines of the poem
"Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day".
B. How do the daffodils look like?
Ans:- The daffodils look like innumerable stars shining in the sky.
C. What does the expression "Thou breath of Autumn's being' mean?
Ans:- Here 'thou' is the West Wind which is described here as the omnipresent)
spirit of Autumn.
D. What does W. B. Yeats pray for his daughter?
Ans:- W. B. Yeats prays four things for his daughter. They include:
moderate beauty, courtesy, contempt for hatred and an aristocratic bridegroom.
E. How does the poem "Ulysses" end?
Ans:- The poem "Ulysses" ends with the famous exhortation of
Ulysses to his comrades to "strive, to seek, to find, and not to
yield."
F. What does 'ferry' symbolise in the poem "Crossing Brooklyn
Ferry"?
Ans:
G. What does Herrick compare human life?
Ans- Herrick compares human life with short-lived daffodils.
H. What is a rhetoric question?
Ans:- A rhetoric question is asked for effect that neither expects not
requires an answer.
I. What is an ode?
Ans:- An ode is a kind of lyric poem where someone or something is
addressed.
J. "The path of glory leads but to the grave" - What is meant
here?
Ans:- Here it is meant that it does not matter if we are rich or poor,
we all will die. No one is able to escape death.
K. What is a hemisphere?
Ans- A hemisphere is one of the two halves of the Earth, especially the
half above or below the equator(বিষুবরেখা)
L. Why shall God repay the patriot?
Ans:- God shall repay the patriot as people have not recognized his
services in this life, it is a good reason that he will be rewarded by God in
Heaven.
Year:- 2020
A. What is the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
Ans- The rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet is abab cded efef gg. B.
What is metaphysical conceit?
Ans- The metaphysical conceit, characteristic of Donne and his
followers, is a comparison, often complex, startling, and highly intellectual
and dissimilar.
C. How is Autumn personified in the poem "To Autumn"?
Ans:- In the poem 'To Autumn', Autumn is personified as a winnower), as
reaper, as a gleaner), and as a cider-presser.
D. How was the patriot received by his countrymen?
Ans
E. What is the name of the wife in the poem "Home Burial"?
Ans:- The name of the wife in the poem "Home Burial" is Amy.
F. How do human being disappear from the earth as stated in the poem
"To Daffodils"?
Ans:
G. What does Ted Hughes mean by the phrase "Killers from the
eggs"?
Ans:- The phrase "Killers from the eggs" means that the pike
have destructive instinct in them from the very time the mother fish lays its
eggs.
H. What does Dylan Thomas mean by "litling house"?
Ans:- By "litling house", Dylan Thomas means a melodious house
full of merry and sweet sounds.
I. What are the twofold functions of the West Wind?
Ans- The twofold functions of the West Wind are that it is both a
destroyer and a preserver.
J. Who is Telemachus?
Ans:- Telemachus is the son of Ulysses
K. What is 'irony:?
Ans:- It is a figure of speech in intended. hich the very opposite of
what is said is
L. What does Gray mean by the "inevitable hour"?
Ans:- By "inevitable hour", Gray means unavoidable hour or
death.
