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Answer all of the following:  \n(a)  \"I should repeat that neither the private person of the poet,hispsychology,nor his so-called social viewpoint are to come into questionhere:what matters is the poem itself as a philosophical sundial ofhistory.”Analyse the poetry of W.H.Auden in the context of thisstatement.  \n(b)  Philip Larkin's poetry tentatively explores the possibility of positivemeaning in life.Elucidate the statement with a few illustrations fromthe prescribed poems.  \n15  \n(c)   The poets of the Thirties are critical of their present and nostalgic forirretrievable pasts.Argue for or against this statement with specificexamples from the poets of the period.20  \nQ4.  Answer all of the following:  \n15+15+20=50  \n(a)  While Look Back in Anger represents the problems of working-class life,it is conservative in its representation of women within that milieu.Would you agree?Give reasons.15  \n(b)  A.K.Ramanujan's poems are perfectly balanced between critique andnostalgia for lost pasts and homelands.Discuss with reference to thepoems in the syllabus.  \n15  \n(c)   Waiting for Godot is a profound meditation on the triad of arrival,waiting,and death,with emphasis on the despair yet necessity ofwaiting.Discuss.  \nURC-B-ENG  \nSECTION B  \nQ5.Answer all of the following:  \n(a)  In Lord Jim,Joseph Conrad presents the theme of isolation and searchfor identity.Elaborate.10  \n(b)  Discuss the use and significance of epiphanies in A Portrait of the Artistas a Young Man.10  \n(c)   The conflict between Gertrude and Walter in Sons and Lovers is oftencompared to the social conflict between the middle class and the workingclass.Elaborate.  \n10  \n(d)  “For the next thirty-five years he was to be a wanderer with no place hecould call his own,with no family except that which he was t","cbCaidMR1JlwW6Oi","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidMR1JlwW6Oi","pdf",363810,"English","# Question Paper Specific Instructions\n## General Instructions\n## SECTION A\n## Q1\n## Q2\n## Q3\n## Q4\n## SECTION B\n## Q5\n## Q6\n## Q7\n## Q8","[{\"question\":\"How many questions must be attempted in Paper II (Literature)?\",\"answer\":\"Candidates must attempt five questions in all. 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