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  Sea Fever 1) Who wrote the poem ‘Sea Fever’? Ans:- John Masefield wrote the poem ’Sea Fever’. 2) What was the favourite place of the poet?  Ans:- To see the sea was the favourite place of the poet.  3) What do you mean by steer?  Ans:- Steer means to control the direction of movement.  4) What was the colour of mist on the sea’s face?  Ans:- The colour of the mist was grey.  5) What thing did not the poet deny?  Ans:- The poet can not deny the call of running tide.  6) Write the name of Sea-bird?  Ans:- Sea-gull is the name of a sea-bird.  7) Who wants to live a gypsy life?  Ans:- The poet wants to become a gypsy life.  8) Write the name of the sea-animal?  Ans:- Whale, a name of the sea-animal.  9) What do you mean by whetted knife? Ans:- Whetted knife means sharpened knife.  10) What kind of day does the poet prefer for siling?  Ans:- The poet prefers va...
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Explanation for English Honours and Master Degree students

 


1

" Tho' the morning was cold,

Tom was happy and warm,

So if all do their duty 

they need not fear harm ". -

Who is Tom Dacre?( Chimney Sweeper)

2

The Ending of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

3

"Wert thou my enemy, o thou my friends, How Wouldst thou worse,

I wonder, then thou dost defeat ,

 thwart me?"  -  ( THOU ART INDEED JUST MY LORD)

4

"Chainless Mind" from on The Castle of Chillon by Lord Byron

5

"My blood congeals and I can write no more…"Who is the speaker? What does occasion signify ? (Doctor Faustus)

6

"Beauty is truth, truth is beauty,

That is all Ye know on earth, 

and all ye need to know" - (Ode to a Grecian Urn)

7

"About, about, in reel and rout

The death-fires danced at night;

The water, like a witch's oils,

Burnt green, and blue, and white"-

(The Rime of Ancient Mariners)

8

"I'm only an everyday sort of man, 

and my only chance was in being the first comer."-(Far From the Madding Crowd)

9

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow,

Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,

To the last syllable of recorded time;...

It is a tale, Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing" -(Macbeth)

10

"Besides, incentives come from the soul's self... why do I need you"?- (Andrea del Sarto)

11

"Weave a circle round and round him thrice … and drunk the Milk of Paradise" -(Kubla Khan)

12

"Fair is  Foul, Foul is Fair"-(Macbeth)

13

"The hapless soldiers sigh"-(London)

14

Fra Lippo Lippi talks about his early life.

14

"It may be we shall touch the happy isles…the great Achilles,who we know" ---locate the lines and explain the allusions involved in 'Happy Isles' and 'Achilles'.(Ulysses)

16

" I was Prince of Apple towns"-- who is the prince here? What do you mean by apple towns?- (Fern Hill)

17

"The Fiend looked up, and knew

His mounted scale aloft:  Nor more;

 but fled Murmuring, and with him fled the shades of night"-(Paradise Lost )

18

"The sea is our mother, the cloud is our brother, the waves are our comrades all" --Explain (Coromandal Fishers)

19

"Ah ! Then, I feel I have not lived in vain" - Explain (To the Pupils of Hindu College)

20

"Are changed, changed, utterly:

 A terrible beauty is born" -explain(Easter 1916)


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