BEGC-104 · December 2025 · English
IGNOU BEGC-104 December 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA (14TH–17TH CENTURY)
Structured previous year question paper for BEGC-104, December 2025 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 3 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. (HONOURS) ENGLISH
(CBCS) (BAEGH)
Term-End Examination
December, 2025
BEGC-104 : BRITISH POETRY AND DRAMA
(14TH–17TH CENTURY)
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Answer all questions.
Section—A
Q1.(A) Write short notes on any three of the following in approx. 100 words each : 3×4=12
(a) Cultural Materialism
(b) Characteristics of Chaucer’s art and vision
(c) The Spenserian stanza
(d) Renaissance [ 2 ] BEGC–104
(B) Answer with reference to context any two of the following : 2×4=8
(a) “When wasteful war shall statues overturn, And broils not out the work of masonry, Nor Mars his sword nor war’s quick fire shall burn.”
(b) “Thy beams, so reverend and strong why shouldst thou think ? I could , eclipse and cloud them with a wink.
(c) ‘When I all weary had the chace forsooke, The gentle deare returned the selfe-same way, Thinking, to quench her thirst at the next brooke. [ 3 ]
Section—B
Q2.Answer any five of the following questions in about 200 words each : 5×10=50
(a) Write a note on the structure of The Wife of Bath’s Prologue.
(b) Discuss the theme of time in ‘Sonnet 65’.
(c) How are seasons represented in ‘Sonnet 18’ ? Discuss.
(d) Discuss the role of the chorus in the play Dr. Faustus.
(e) Write a note on the issue of censorship in theatres in the sixteenth century.
(f) Write a note on the sleepwalking scene in the play Macbeth.
(g) Explain ‘The Sun Rising’ as a metaphysical poem. [ 4 ]
Section—C
Q3.Answer any two of the following questions in approx. 300 words each : 2×15=30
(a) Critically appreciate ‘Sonnet LXVII’.
(b) Discuss the theme of ‘Death Be Not Proud’.
(c) Write a critical note on ‘Sonnet 55’.