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Islamic University of GazaFaculty of Arts
Department of English
PoetryTime: 2 HoursDate: 4/1/2016
Dr. AkramHabeebFinal Exam – 1st semester 2015/2016
Answer the following questions:
1- Choose the right answers: (5 Marks)
1-Shakespeare sonnet 18 is probably about -------------------------------a- The beauty of summerb- The cruelty of timec- Shakespeare’s poetryd- The English weather.
2- To enact the noisy ravages of time, Shakespeare useda- Iambic Pentameter with no variationb- Troche pentameter with some variationc- Triple beat rhythm as variation of the iambicd- The spondee with some variation.
3- The Volta in Milton’s on his blindness came in the-------a- Sixth lineb- Eighth linec- Seventh lined- Fourteenth line
4- Dare frame thy fearful symmetry is written in -------a- Iambic pentameterb- Troche tetra meterc- Iambic tetra meter.d- Spondee heptameter.
5-“ mild yoke+ is an example of ----a- A conceitb- an oxymoronc- antithesisd- Paradox.
6- Futility was written by ----------------a. Alfred Sassoonb. Wifred Ownc. William Brookd. Tomas Hardy.
7 - Blake’s Tygeris made up of ----a. Seven stanzasb. Four stanzasc. Six stanzasd. 24 stanzas
8- The heroic couplet was common among ------- poetsa. The Romantic b. The metaphysicalc. The Elizabethand. The neoclassical
9- The --------------------- is cut in the middle of a verse.a- Enjambmentb- Caesurac- Catalexisd- Enactment
10- The lyrical ballads were written by----a. William Blakeb. Coleridge and Blakec. Blake and Wordsworthd. Wordsworth and Coleridge
2- Complete the following: (10 Marks)A. “Except you enthrall me, never shall be free” is the penultimate line in_____________
B. Futility was written as a kind of ________ to mock Bruke’s romantic image of death.
C. Sound of the “grating roar’ and the consonants in “pebbles” and “begin” create a kind
of_____________________that contrasts with musicality of the first stanza.
D. “Tyger !Tyger ! Burning bright” is written in a meter called______________________
E. Dark secret love is an example of a _________________________________________
F. The use of the modal verbs in the second half of the oxen is to ___________________
G. The rhyme in Futility is __________________ in order to_______________________
H. “When in eternal line thou grow’st” is an example of _________________ metaphor.
I. The reference to stories or incidents outside the text is called ____________________
3- Consider the following Questions. ( 15 Marks)
1- List three patterns of contrasts in Wordsworth’s the Daffodils, and account for them , explain their significance.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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2- What made Blake use the word dare instead of could in the last stanza?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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3- What is the major paradox in Milton’s on His Blindness?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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4- What kind of figure of speech is the following: “I am like a usurped town to another due”? Why is it called so?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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5- How is the word “Fatuous” in futility different from the other words in the poem.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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6- What is the significance of the repetition in the following: So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain;---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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7- How would you relate “crimson joy” to the industrial revolution?---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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8- List some possible themes of Blake’s the Tyger.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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9- How would Milton’s sonnet appeal to us as Muslims and Palestinians? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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10- State two techniques Raleigh use in his poem “ the Nymph’s reply” in order to mock Marlowe.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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4- Consider only ONE of the following: Your answer should be in an essay form?
A-To what extent can we consider Blake a revolutionary poet? B. Comment on the following in the context of its text. I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, "God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts; who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His stateIs Kingly. Thousands at his bidding speedAnd post o'er Land and Ocean without rest: They also serve who only stand and wait.
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Once you complete this test,I wish you would not protest
Cause from the deep of my heartI believe all of you are very smart
Therefore I wish Allah would shower you with His blessingsAnd from me you have my prayers and good wishes
Good Luck