BEGE-143 · June 2023 · English
IGNOU BEGE-143 June 2023 Previous Year Question Paper
UNDERSTANDING POETRY
Structured previous year question paper for BEGE-143, June 2023 session.
Max marks: 100 · Questions: 3 · Sections: 3
Verified: 5 Aug 2026
B. A. GENERAL ENGLISH DISCIPLINE
BAG CORE COURSE
(CBCS)
Term-End Examination
June, 2023
BEGE-143 : UNDERSTANDING POETRY
Time : 3 Hours Maximum Marks : 100
Note : Answer all questions.
Section—A
Q1.Write short notes on any two of the following : 2×10=20
(a) Tropes employed by Nirmala Putul in her poetry.
(b) Irony in „Ajamil and the Tigers‟.
(c) Browning as the poet of Dramatic Monologue.
(d) Significance of nature in Robert Fro st‟s poetry. [ 2 ]
Section—B
Q2.Explain with reference to the context any two of the following : 2×10=20
(a) The tables have turned now Protests spark Now here Now there
(b) Once I promised you an epic And now you have robbed me You reduced me to rubble This concerto ends.
(c) Hurry up ! any minute they will be bringing it from the hospital— a white model of our lives
(d) My vegetable love should grow Vaster than Empires, and more slow An hundred years should go to praise Thine Eyes, and on thy forehead gaze.
Section—C
Q3.Answer any three of the following questions : 3×20=60
(a) “Donne represents love in both worldly and mystical terms. ” Comment with reference to the poem „The Canonisation‟.
(b) Discuss Wordsworth as a poet of nature.
(c) Critically analyse the po em „The Negro Speaks of Rivers‟.
(d) Discuss the urban surrounding and broader social concerns in the poem „Ode to Bombay‟.