20th Century Poetry Final Suggestion Session (2019-20)

20th Century Poetry Final Suggestion Session (2019-20)

Part- B

W. B. Yeats

1. Discuss the symbolic significance of the poem “The Second Coming.” [NU. 2017, 2021]
2. How does Yeats desire for immortality in “Sailing to Byzantium?” [NU.  2018] Or, What prayer does the poet make to the sages in “Byzantium?” [NU.  2019, 2021]★★★ 
3. Write a short note on ‘Spiritus Mundi.’ [NU.  2014]
4. Consider “The Lake Isle Innifisfree” as a romantic poem. [NU.  2021] ★★★
5. How does the poet pay a glowing tribute to the freedom fighter in “Easter, 1916?” [NU. 2015, 2021]

T. S. Eliot

6. Write a short note on ‘What the Thunder Said’ in “The Waste Land” by T. S. Eliot. [NU.  2021] ★★★
7. Why is Prufrock unwilling to compare himself with Hamlet? [NU.  2013, 2015, 2020] ★★★
8. “The Waste Land” is a sigh for the vanished glory of the past,” Explain. [2015, 2020]
9. What is the problem with Prufrock? [NU. 2018, 2020] Or, Comment on the inner conflict of Prufrock. [2017] ★★★ 
10. Analyze T. S. Eliot’s treatment of sex in ‘The Fire Sermon.’ [NU.  2019]
11. Why is ‘April’ cruel to the Wastelanders? [NU.  2019]

Dylan Thomas

12. How is the nature depicted in “Poem in October?” [NU.  2016, 2018, 2021] ★★★
13. Trace the poet’s shades of feelings on his birthday in “Poem in October.” [NU.  2019]
14. Comment on the fantasy used in “Poem in October.” Or, Treatment of childhood in the poem “Poem in October.” [NU.  2014]
15. Trace different images used in “Poem in October.” [NU.  2017] ★★★

Sylvia Plath

16. How does Sylvia Plath reveal her emotional journey through the poem “Words?” [NU. 2016, 2021]
17. What features of the song do you get in “Morning Song?” [NU. 2015, 2018, 2020]
18. What is the mother’s attitude towards her child in the poem “Morning Song?” Or, How would you characterize the speaker’s relationship to her child in the poem “Morning Song?” [NU. 2013]★★★
19. Describe the different stages of the journey in “Crossing the Water.” [NU. 2013, 2016, 2018, 2020]★★★

Less Important:

1. Why is London called ‘an unreal city’? [NU. 2016]
2. Write a short note on ‘surrealism’. [NU. 2015, 2019]

Explanation 

এই অংশ থেকে একটি প্রশ্ন আসবে। আপনারা চাইলে একটি প্রশ্নের জন্য এই অতিরিক্ত  পড়ার চাপ এড়িয়ে যেতে পারেন। 

1. “All changed, changed utterly: 

A terrible beauty is born.” ★★★

2. “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; 

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” ★★★

3. “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” ★★★ [NU. 2017]
4. “Unreal city 

Under the brown fog of a winter dawn.” ★★★

5. “And I rose / In rainy autumn / And walked abroad in a shower of all my days.” [NU. 2018]
6. “In the room, the women come and go

Talking of Michelangelo.” [NU. 2016]

7. “I think we are in rats’ alley 

Where the dead men lost their bones.” ★★★ [NU. 2019, 2021]

Part- C

W. B. Yeats

1. Write a Critical appreciation of “Sailing to Byzantium.” [NU. 2020, 2018, 2014]
2. Evaluate W.B. Yeats as an Irish nationalist poet.  [NU.  2016, 2019, 2021]★★★
3. Trace the personal and romantic elements in W. B. Yeats’s Poetry. [NU.  2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021] ★★★ (Edit need) 
4. Show how Yeats combines myth and history in his poems. [NU.  2016, 2020] 

T. S. Eliot

5. Show how Eliot’s “The Waste Land” reflects the disorder and decay of modern civilisation. [NU. 2016, 2018, 2020] ★★★
6. Critically comment on T. S. Eliot’s use of myth in “The Waste Land.” Or, How has the poet fused past and present in the poem “The Waste Land?” [NU.  2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021] ★★★
7. What symbols are used by the poet in “The Waste Land”? [NU.  2018]
8. “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” represents the conflict of a modern man. Elucidate. [2021] or, How does T. S. Eliot build up an atmosphere of futility and barrenness in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock?” [NU.  2000, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021] ★★★

Dylan Thomas

9. Write a note on Dylan Thomas as a modern poet. [NU.  2021]
10. Discuss the use of symbols in the poem “Poem in October.” [NU.  2016, 2020]★★★
11. Discuss Dylan Thomas’ use of imagery in “Poem in October” [NU.  2016, 2019, 2021]★★★
12. Critically appreciate the poem “Poem in October.” [NU.  2017]

Sylvia Plath

13. Write a critical appreciation of the poem “The Rival.” [NU.  2013, 2016, 2019]
14. Write a note on the themes of Sylvia Plath’s Poetry. [NU.  2017,2020] or, What are the recurrent themes in Sylvia Plath’s works? [NU.  2017, 2021]★★★
15. Comment on the male-female relationship in Sylvia Plath’s poetry.  [NU.  2017, 2021]★★★ 
16. Comment on the poetic technique of Sylvia Plath. [NU.  2018]

Less Important: 

1. “Sailing to Byzantium” deals with Yeats’ journey from the sensual to the spiritual world. Discuss. [NU.  2020]

Nota Bene: টি. এস. এলিয়ট এবং ডিলান থমাসকে ভালোভাবে অধ্যয়ন করো। এগুলো তোমার পরীক্ষায় অন্তত ৪টি সংক্ষিপ্ত ও বিস্তৃত প্রশ্নের উত্তর দিতে সহায়তা করবে। এখানে কিছু নির্দিষ্ট সংখ্যা দেওয়া হলো।

Part B: 2,4,6,7,9, 12, 15, 19

Part C: 2,3,6,8,10,11,14,15