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Yeats

1. Yeats as a love poet. 2009***
2. Use of symbols in Yeats’ poetry. 2008**
3. What romantic elements do you find in Yeats’ poems? 2007***
4. What modern elements do you find in Yeats’ poems? 2009**
Walt Whitman
5. Consider Whitman’s treatment of soul, self and body. 2007***
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How does Whitman ‘song’ and ‘celebrate’ the self in his Song of Myself? 2008***
6. How Whitman broke with the traditional verse forms and themes in his poetry? 2003, 2006, 2008***
7. Whitman’s use of symbols. 2003
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Whitman is merely fantastic in his symbolism. Discuss with reference to Song of Myself. 2009**
Robert Frost
8. Dramatic quality in Frost’s poems. 2001, 2003, 2009***
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How Frost uses the dramatic narrative form? 2006
9. Frost’s treatment of nature. 2000, 2006/Relationship between men and nature/men and women in Frost’s poetry. 2008***
10. Frost’s handling of psychological tension. 2007**
W H Auden
11. What picture of contemporary do you find in Auden’s poetry? 2000, 2005, 2007***
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Auden preferred to confront modern problems directly in his poetry – Elucidate. 2009***
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How does Auden’s social consciousness shape his poetry? 2002, 2008***
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Auden is very much the poet of his times; first of the depression and then of the age of the refugee. 2005
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How Auden combined political consciousness with personal concern? 2006
12. Auden’s use of mythology in his poetry. 2009**
Dylan Thomas
13. How does Dylan Thomas celebrate life over death? 2009***
14. Dylan Thomas as a material artist. 2007**
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Comment on Dylan Thomas’ obsession with words. 2009**
15. The poetry of Dylan Thomas is a celebration of the unity of all life. 2008**
Seamus Heaney
16. Irish troubles are an important theme in many of Seamus Heaney’s poems. 2006***
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How Heaney’s concern has been to give a voice to the silent and oppressed. 2009***
17. How does Heaney’s poetry combine picture of ancient Ireland with those of modern time? 2008**
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