BEGE-143 · June 2025 · English
IGNOU BEGE-143 June 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
UNDERSTANDING POETRY
Structured previous year question paper for BEGE-143, June 2025 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, 2025
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) Multiple meanings of ‘ride’ in “The Last Ride Together”
(b) Winter landscape in “The Snowman” [ 2 ] BEGE–143
(c) ‘Chinar Tree’ as a symbol in Daruwalla’s poem “Chinar”
(d) Protest in “The Caves”
Section—B
Q2.Explain with reference to the context any two of the following : 2×10=20
(a) Then we began to ride. My soul smoothed itself out, a long -cramped scroll. Freshening and fluttering in the wind.
(b) I’ve known rivers : Ancient, dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like rivers.
(c) Sometimes a rain comes Slowly across the sky, that turns Upon its grey cloud, breaking away into light Before it reaches its objective. [ 3 ] BEGE–143
(d) Kashmir shrinks into my mailbox, my home a neat four by six inches.
Section—C
Q3.Answer any three of the following questions : 3×20=60
(a) Attempt a critical analysis of the poem “To His Coy Mistress”.
(b) Write a detailed note on the centrality of nature in Frost’s poems with reference to the poems in your syllabus.
(c) Attempt a critical overview of Nissim Ezekiel as a poet with special focus on the poems in your course. [ 4 ] BEGE–143
(d) Describe the use of myth in the poem “The Ancient Rocks of Cherra”.
(e) Discuss Wordsworth as a ro mantic poet in the light of the poem “The Ruined Cottage”.