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Banha University
Faculty of Arts
English Department
A Guiding Model Answer for
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Poetry
Second Grade
First Term (January 13, 2011)
Faculty of Arts
Prepared by
Mohammad Al-Hussini Mansour Arab, Ph.D.
University of Nevada, Reno (USA)
Banha University Second Grade
Faculty of Arts (January 13, 2011)
Department of English Time: 3 hours
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Poetry
THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
1. Respond to only two of the following questions:
A. The central theme of Sir Walter Ralegh's poem "Sir Walter Ralegh to the Queen" is the difference between true love and false love. Explicate? (25 minutes)
B. Sir Philip Sidney's "Ring out your bells" is a poem about the subject of love. However, it is the hidden driving force of desire behind the various forms of love that he explores through the filter of his own experiences and feelings. Explicate? (25 minutes)
C. William Shakespeare's "Let me not to the marriage of true minds" uses a rather simple array of poetic devices, which include special diction, allusion, metaphor, and paradox. Explicate in detail? (25 minutes)
2. Respond to the following question: (40 Minutes)
The secret to the longevity of Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," and Sir Walter Raleigh "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" seems to be in the subject matter that they cover so thoroughly. Together, these poems give readers a brief but thorough tour of all that is best and worst of the pastoral tradition in poetry. Explain?
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
1. Respond to only two of the following questions:
A. Two kinds of
Faculty of Arts
English Department
A Guiding Model Answer for
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Poetry
Second Grade
First Term (January 13, 2011)
Faculty of Arts
Prepared by
Mohammad Al-Hussini Mansour Arab, Ph.D.
University of Nevada, Reno (USA)
Banha University Second Grade
Faculty of Arts (January 13, 2011)
Department of English Time: 3 hours
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Poetry
THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
1. Respond to only two of the following questions:
A. The central theme of Sir Walter Ralegh's poem "Sir Walter Ralegh to the Queen" is the difference between true love and false love. Explicate? (25 minutes)
B. Sir Philip Sidney's "Ring out your bells" is a poem about the subject of love. However, it is the hidden driving force of desire behind the various forms of love that he explores through the filter of his own experiences and feelings. Explicate? (25 minutes)
C. William Shakespeare's "Let me not to the marriage of true minds" uses a rather simple array of poetic devices, which include special diction, allusion, metaphor, and paradox. Explicate in detail? (25 minutes)
2. Respond to the following question: (40 Minutes)
The secret to the longevity of Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," and Sir Walter Raleigh "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" seems to be in the subject matter that they cover so thoroughly. Together, these poems give readers a brief but thorough tour of all that is best and worst of the pastoral tradition in poetry. Explain?
THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
1. Respond to only two of the following questions:
A. Two kinds of