Meg 1 important topics (poems+ poets) paper predictions based on new paper patterns

Chaucer 2
Amoretti
Byzantium
Mc flecknoe 3
Sylvia
Milton 3
Wb yeats easter 1916 5
Church going by philip larkin i remember poem in October 4
Metaphysical poetry nocturnal, redemption, garden dryden +1
Lycidas 2
Epistle to dr arbuthnot 2
Byron and shelly
Preraphelite 3
The prelude 2
Eliot 3 wasteland
Ballad of the reading gaol
. Write a critique of any one of the following
poets : 20
(a) Andrew Marvell
(b) T. S. Eliot
(c) Oscar Wilde
(d) Dylan Thomas
Spencer
Herbert
Pope
Blake
Attempt a critical appreciation of any one of
the following poems : 20
(a) ‘Affection’
(b) ‘Alexander’s Feast on the Power of Music’
(c) ‘The Waste Land’
(d) ‘Fern Hill’/‘Purdah’
Sordello
Blessed damosek
I remember
Lady lazarus
At grass
Death shall have no dominion
Lapis lazuli
Goblin market

[@ArbitraryLessons]

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[@ravichandra_sagili]

Thank you ji

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Term-End Examination December, 2023 MEG-01 : BRITISH POETRY Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100 Note : (i) Attempt five questions in all. (ii) Question No. 1 is compulsory. (iii) All questions carry equal marks. 1. Explain any two of the following passages with reference to the context, supplying critical comments wherever necessary : 10 + 10 (a) Weep no more, woeful shepherds weep no more, For lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor, So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet a non repairs his drooping head, (b) And death shall have no dominion Dead men maked they shall be one With the man in the wind and the west moon; When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone. [ 2 ] (c) There dwels sweet love and constant chastity, Unspotted fayth and comely womanhood, Regard of honour and mild modesty, The vertue raynes as queene in royal throne, And giveth lawes alone. (d) All humane things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, Monarchs must obey. 2. Write a critical note on Chaucer’s art of characterisation in ‘The Prologue to Canterbury Tales’. 20 3. Comment on the contrast of art and life; and youth and old age in ‘Sailing to Byzantium’. 20 4. Discuss the satirical portraiture of Mac Flecknoe. 20 5. Critically comment on the themes of death and suicide in the poetry of Sylvia Plath. 20 6. Discuss Milton as a sonnetteer. 20 7. Critically evaluate the poem ‘Easter 1916’ by W. B. Yeats. 20 8. Analyse the theme of ‘Church Going’ by Philip Larkin. June, 2023 MEG-01 : BRITISH POETRY Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100 Note : (i) Question No. 1 is compulsory. (ii) Attempt five questions in all. (iii) All questions carry equal marks. Compulsory 1. Answer any two of the following with reference to the context : 2×10=20 (a) Was it a dreame, or did I see it playne, a goodly table of pure yvory : all spred with iuncats, fit to entertayne, the greatest prince with pompous roialty. (b) All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons monarchs must obey. [ 2 ] MEG-01 (c) Morning and evening Maids heard the goblins cry : “Come buy our orched fruits, Come buy, come buy : ....” (d) That is no country for old men The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees -Those dying generations & at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas. Note : Answer any four of the following. 2. Examine the main characteristics of metaphysical poetry, giving examples from the poems in your course. 20 3. Analyze the different thematic strands in ‘Lycidias’. 20 4. Would you consider Alexander Pope’s ‘An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot’ to be a satire ? Discuss. 20 5. Comment on the “Uniqueness of Byron and Shelley” as poets. 20 [ 3 ] 6. Discuss the Pre-Raphaelite treatment of women based on your reading of ‘My Sister’s Sleep’ and ‘The Blessed Damozel’. 20 7. Write a critique of any one of the following poets : 20 (a) Andrew Marvell (b) T. S. Eliot (c) Oscar Wilde (d) Dylan Thomas 8. Attempt a critical appreciation of any one of the following poems : 20 (a) ‘Affection’ (b) ‘Alexander’s Feast on the Power of Music’ (c) ‘The Waste Land’ (d) ‘Fern Hill’/‘Purdah’ December, 2022 MEG-01 : BRITISH POETRY Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100 Note : Question No. 1 is compulsory. Attempt five questions in all. All questions carry equal marks. 1. Answer any two of the following with reference to the context : 10×2=20 (a) Marke but this flea, and marke in this, How little that which thou deny’st me is ; Mee it suck’d first, and now sucks thee, And in this flea, our two bloods mingled bee; [ 2 ] MEG-01 (b) Hence loathed Melancholy of cerborus, and blackest mid-might born, In Stygian cave forlorn ‘Mongst horrid shapes, and Shrieks, and sights unholy, (c) In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. (d) Swift as a spirit hastening to his task Of glory and of good, the sun sprang forth Rejoicing in his splendour, and the mask Of darkness fell from the awakened Earth. Note : Attempt any four of the following questions : 2. Do you think that the three major sources of Chaucer’s vocabulary contributed to his poetry ? Elucidate with examples. 20 3. Was Dryden justified in attacking the metaphysical poets ? Justify your stance with suitable examples. 20 [ 3 ] 4. Examine some of the personifications Milton employs in ‘Lycidas’. Would you say that they add to the sense of lament in the poem ? 20 5. Discuss ‘The Prelude’ as an autobiographical poem. 20 6. Write a critique of any one of the following poets : 20 (a) Spenser (b) Herbert (c) Pope (d) William Blake 7. How does W. B. Yeats make use of history in his poems ? Illustrate with examples from the poems in your course. 20 8. Critically evaluate any one of the following poems : 20 (a) ‘Sordello at Mantua’ (b) ‘The Blessed Damozel’ (c) ‘I Remember, I Remember’ (d) ‘Lady Lazarus’ Term-End Examination December, 2021 MEG-01 : BRITISH POETRY Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100 [ 2 ] MEG-01 Wilt thou forgive those sinnes through Which I runne. (b) Hence vain deluding joyes, The brood of folly without father bred, How little you bested, Or fill the fixed mind with all your toyes; (c) When my mother died I was very young, And my father sold me while yet my tongue could scarcely cry “weep!” “weep!” “weep!” “weep!” So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. (d) There is a panther stalks me down : One day I’ll have my death of him; His greed has set the moods aflame, He prowls more lordly than the sun. Note : Question No. 1 is compulsory. carry equal marks. All questions 1. Compulsory : Answer any two of the following with reference to the context : 10×2=20 (a) Wilt thou forgive that sinne where I begunne, Which is my sin, though it were done before ? P. T. O. [3] MEG-01 Note : Answer any four of the following questions. 2. Attempt an analysis of the portraits of the prioress, the monk, the Friar, and the wife of Bath. 20 3. Can “Mac Flecknoe” be called a comic fantasy ? Comment. 20 4. Discuss “The Prelude” as an autobiographical poem. 20 5. What do you think is Yeats’ contribution to modern poetry ? 20 6. Attempt an alalysis of Eliot’s poetic vision in the “The Waste Land”. 20 7. Bring out the Imagist elements in Eliot and Pound. 20 [4] MEG-01 8. Attempt a critical appreciation of any one poem : 20 (a) “I Remember, I Remember” (b) “Poem in October” (c) “An Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot” (d) “The Ballad of Reading Gaol June, 2021 MEG-01 : BRITISH POETRY Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100 Note : Attempt any five questions. Question no. 1 is compulsory. Attempt five questions in all in one answer booklet. Compulsory 1. Attempt with reference to the context, any two of the following : 210=20 (a) As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their soules, to goe, Whilst some of their sad friends doe say, The breath goes now, and some say, no : (b) ‘‘Say Heav’nly Muse, shall not thy sacred vein, Afford a present to the Infant God ?’’ No. of Printed Pages : 3 MEG-01 2 (c) Shut, shut the door, good John ! fatigu’d, I said, Tye up the knocker, say I’m sick, I’m dead. The dog-star rages ! nay ’tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out : Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. (d) He did not wear his scarlet coat, For blood and wine are red, And blood and wine were on his hands When they found him with the dead, The poor dear woman whom he loved, And murdered in her bed. Answer any four questions. 420=80 2. Would you agree that the Amoretti Sonnets by Spenser are replete with images of sensuality ? Provide a detailed answer covering the poet, his beloved and the age during which he wrote. 3. Attempt a critical appreciation of any one of the following poems : (i) A Nocturnal (ii) Redemption (iii) The Garden MEG-01 3 P.T.O. 4. Would you agree that Puritanism influenced Milton’s life ? Attempt an answer based on your understanding of the works you have studied. 5. Discuss Mac Flecknoe as a mock-heroic poem. 6. Write a detailed answer (based on your readings of Coleridge’s poems), on Coleridge’s contribution to poetry and literature. 7. Comment on the pre-Raphaelite treatment of women based on your reading of ‘My Sister’s Sleep’ and ‘The Blessed Damozel’. 8. Are ‘poetry, feminine beauty and love’ related to each other in ‘Adam’s Curse’ ? Comment. 9. Why is Larkin known as an ‘‘uncommon poet for the common man’’ ? Attempt a detailed discussion based on your reading of his works. Chaucer 2 Amoretti Byzantium Mc flecknoe 3 Sylvia Milton 3 Wb yeats easter 1916 5 Church going by philip larkin i remember poem in October 4 Metaphysical poetry nocturnal, redemption, garden dryden +1 Lycidas 2 Epistle to dr arbuthnot 2 Byron and shelly Preraphelite 3 The prelude 2 Eliot 3 wasteland Ballad of the reading gaol . Write a critique of any one of the following poets : 20 (a) Andrew Marvell (b) T. S. Eliot (c) Oscar Wilde (d) Dylan Thomas Spencer Herbert Pope Blake Attempt a critical appreciation of any one of the following poems : 20 (a) ‘Affection’ (b) ‘Alexander’s Feast on the Power of Music’ (c) ‘The Waste Land’ (d) ‘Fern Hill’/‘Purdah’ Sordello Blessed damosek I remember Lady lazarus At grass Death shall have no dominion Lapis lazuli Goblin market

[@sayaninath9926]

Ma'am... today I did well in meg 01 ... thank you so much....your videos saved me ❤🥹🫂🥰

[@ArbitraryLessons]

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[@user-cz5ge7zt8y]

Glad to see your face first time. Khuda ki ksm bohut shooq tha apka face dekhne ka. Aj dil ko karaar aaya.

[@ArbitraryLessons]

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[@choubeylearner7092]

Thaaaaaaank you soooo much Mam...today's exam was fantastic for me....this happened only because of you....😊😊😊😊😃😃🙏🏻

[@ArbitraryLessons]

Ohh wow! Super happy to hear that!! So proud of you !!

[@Maneeshgillehri]

I hv been studying from your channel from past 2-3 days and it has helped me a lot in completing the syllabus, specially the line to line explanation. Thanks a lot didiiii ❤❤❤ Bhaari samaj kalyaan ka kaam kar diya apne pichale 3 saalo me 🥰

[@ArbitraryLessons]

😅😅 I know the struggle you are going through. Me bhi apki he tarah ek time job, family, padhai sab kar rahi thi. So just trying to make it a litt better for others. Thanks a lot for your support and I am happy to hear that you are enjoying my videos. Wish you all the best for the exam 👍👍

[@asha2957]

Mam kindly make a video like how can be write the answer... Like how to attempt themes based and crytical Ques such as justifly that How healthcliff was a byronic character. The thing is that , I have done summary videos soo many times.. But , I get confuse that How to start answering like should I give an intro of novel or an intro of novelist in the starting or should I draw characters map.. Mam pls help me out..... I am having soo many confusion in this.😢😢😢

[@HapijaJamanLaskar]

Maam its a request please make another video on meg 2 which will held on 14 June

[@ArbitraryLessons]

Hey sure!! Noted that. I will upload it before the exam❤️👍👍

[@swagatdebta7804]

A good informative video❤. Thanks mam for everything. I hope thodi der pehle mil jati ye video but still I can do, remaining 6 hrs to the exams is enough time. Thanks a lot🙃

[@ArbitraryLessons]

Hey! I as well wished to upload sooner. Sometimes it’s not in our hands. I am sure you can still go through the important topics. I wish you all the best 👍👍👍

[@HapijaJamanLaskar]

Maam Chaucer se kuch nh aya ,pre raphalite bhi nh aya Alexandre pope ka bhi nh aya philp larkin bhi nh aya ☹️ it was very tough mene amorotti touch bhi nh kya wo aya , prelude book 1 bhi touch nh kya bas 3 hi attempt kya jo puri tarah ata hai ,baki toh tukha mara hai 😢

[@ArbitraryLessons]

Ohhh I am so sorry to hear that. Ye naye paper pattern me kuch bhi keh nahi sakte it’s so weird. Jo sab important tha pehle wo sab change hua hai. But 3 bhi acche se attempt kiye to acchi baat hai. You should get decent marks.

[@HapijaJamanLaskar]

Thanks ma'am and one more request will you please make another video on meg 2 British drama please ma'am

[@HapijaJamanLaskar]

You are a saviour maam thanks alllot

[@ArbitraryLessons]

Always happy to help. Let’s hope that everyone scores well! Wish you all the best 👍

[@nishasharma8525]

Thank you so much ma'am

[@ArbitraryLessons]

Always my pleasure ❤️❤️ wish i were able to upload it sooner. All the best for the exam❤️❤️

[@choubeylearner7092]

Mam plzzzz plzzzz cover meg 02,03,n 05 important topics...Meg 02 is on 14 th of june...plzzzz Mam

[@ArbitraryLessons]

Ji bilkul mene plan kiya hai har exam k pehle upload karne ka!!!

[@OfficialNishaYadav56]

Thank you ma'am ..this video was much needed❤

[@ArbitraryLessons]

Looking forward for tomorrow??

[@OfficialNishaYadav56]

Yes ma'am

[@ArbitraryLessons]

Ohh great!! Acche se prepare kar liya hai matlab sab😍😍 bohot acche se paper dena! Time management ka specially dhyan rakhna. Attempt everything. All the best 👍👍👍

[@OfficialNishaYadav56]

Thnk uuu ma'am ...I will do my bst❤☺️😗

[@ArbitraryLessons]

@@OfficialNishaYadav56 kal batana paper kesa gaya😄

[@bhatnusrat8763]

Late upload hui But phr b thnku so much

[@ArbitraryLessons]

Haan mene bohot koshish kiya but certain things were not in my control at all😅 I wish you all the best for tomorrow 👍

[@ankitgurbani6880]

Thankyouuu so much ❤️

[@ArbitraryLessons]

Always my pleasure 😇 goodluck for tomorrow’s exam 👍👍

[@ankitgurbani6880]

@@ArbitraryLessons 😄❤️

[@darjisejal1576]

Maam meg-2 , 3, 4 video pls

[@ArbitraryLessons]

Already covered most of them. You can check the playlists. Baki important topics and questions k videos me exam k pehle upload kar dungi😃

[@S-mt9pg]

Mam m.a English kuk university m answer points m like ya paragraph type answer like

[@ArbitraryLessons]

Usually paragraph type answers he hote hai unless mentioned ki list items or types etc. You can highlight though even in paragraph. Change frequently add quotes etc.

[@arupchakraborty1879]

Ma'am kuch din phele video dete 😊

[@ArbitraryLessons]

Meri bhi bohot iccha thi lekin me chutti me india aai thi and fir mere ghar pe guest hai. Job and family sab karte hue time he nahi nikal paa rahi thi. Mene socha fir aaj subh agar ye upload ho jaye to bhi kaam ajaye. So i recorded at 6:30am but the wifi. Didn’t support 😅😅😅 Jitna bhi ho sake abhi! I wish you all the best👍👍👍👍

[@siyapandey8799]

Thank you so much ma'am

[@ArbitraryLessons]

Always my pleasure ❤