BEGC-105 2024-25 SOLVED ASSIGNMENT

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BEGC-105
American Literature
July 2024 & January 2025 Sessions
(Based on Blocks 1 – 4)
TMA 01/2024-25
Max. Marks: 100
Answer all questions.
Section A
Answer with reference to the context:
5×4=20
(i) Exult O shores, and ring O bells!
But I with mournful tread.
Walk the deck my captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.
(ii) Far or forget to me is near;
Shadow and sunlight are the same;
The vanquished Gods to me appear;
and one to me are shame and fame.
(iii) A thought went up my mind today
That I have had before
But did not finish some way back
I could not fix the year.
(iv) But O heart ! heart ! heart !
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead
Section B
Answer the following in about 300 words each: 5X4=20
1. Write an extended note on the poetic devices used in “O Captain ! My Captain !”.
2. Write a critical appreciation of the poem “Because I could not stop for death”.
3. Critically evaluate the poem ‘‘Death Sets a Thing Significant’’.
4. Discuss major themes as explored in Hemingway’s short stories.
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Section C
Answer the following questions in about 600 words each: 4X15=60
1. Give a critical justification with respect to the title of the play All My Sons.
2. Write a critical comment on the genre of The Scarlet Letter.
3. Discuss the poetic achievements of Walt Whitman with suitable examples from the poems prescribed
in the course.
4. Write a detailed note on the rise and development of American Drama