Description
MASTER’S DEGREE IN ENGLISH
(MEG-18)
AMERICAN POETRY
ASSIGNMENT
Course Code: MEG-18
Assignment Code: MEG-18/TMA/2025-26
Max.Marks:100
Attempt any five questions. All questions carry equal marks. (20 x 5=100)
- Write a note on the role of poetry in reflecting and shaping the postcolonial American identity.
2.Discuss “The Wild Honey Suckle” as a metaphorical poem. Give examples from the poem to support your observations.
3.Emerson’s poems reflect transcendental philosophy. Discuss with reference to “Brahma”
- How does Emily Dickinson use nature and imagination in the poems “She Sweeps With Many-Colored Brooms” and “I Taste A Liquor Never Brewed?”
5.What is the significance of the title of the poem “The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter”. Discuss with reference to the context.
6.Critically analyse the Harlem Renaissance within the framework of early 20th-century American society and culture.
- Analyse Allen Ginsberg’s “Death and Fame” as a poem of the Beat Generation.
8.“In a Classroom” by Adrienne Rich is a powerful reflection on the role of teaching. Discuss.
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