Questions on Eng. 231 (Appreciating Poetry) by Abid Hayat Khokhar, Community College, Majmaah University, Al Majmaah11952
1. The Eagle by William Blake
Remembering
Understanding
Application
Analyzing
Evaluating
Creative
Who is the poet of the poem ‘The
Eagle’?
What is the rhyme scheme of the
poem ‘The Eagle’?
Read the poem aloud expressing
sound and sense to your friends in
the class.
Compare imagery, rhyme scheme
and tone of the poem ‘The Eagle’
with ‘The Hawk’ by Ted Hughes
Critically evaluate the plain sense,
feelings, tone and intention of the
poem as well as the poet in the
poem ‘The Eagle’.
Create a new poem on the topic of
‘The Parrot’ keeping the same
form and format of the poem ‘The
Eagle’
Name any of the poem of William
Blake.
What information do we get about
eagles in the poem ‘The Eagle’?
Perform the poem ‘The Eagle’ by
means of your action in front of
the fellow students
Probe different qualities of the
eagle from internet and write the
aspects of eagles not mentioned in
the poem ‘The Eagle’.
Rate the level of simplicity as well
as complexity of the language
used in the poem ‘The Eagle’
Compose any poem on the animal
of your own choice.
Give reference to the contest of
the following stanza/lines:
Is the poem ‘The Eagle’ written in
metrical composition or free
verse?
Search other poem(s) on the very
topic of the poem ‘The Eagle’.
Bring out symbolic significance
of the poem ‘The Eagle’ as
compared with the poem ‘
Criticise insufficient information
and stereotype presentation of the
poem ‘The Eagle’.
Develop a plan of writing an essay
or poem on the topic of ‘The
Eagle’ that may bring about more
effect than the poem itself.
How many stanzas are there in the
poem ‘The Eagle’?
Paraphrase the poem ‘The Eagle’.
Write a poem or paragraph on
‘The Parrot’ keeping the same
style of the poem ‘The Eagle’.
Critically evaluate the poem ‘The
Eagle’.
What figures of speech do you
infer from the poem ‘The Eagle’?
Modify the poem into a parody.
Write few rhymes used in the
poem ‘The Eagle’.
Rewrite the poem ‘The Eagle’ in
prose from using your own
language
Draw pictogram of the poem ‘The
Eagle’.
What features of the poem ‘The
Eagle’ represent chief
characteristics of the Romantic.
Choose natural images that satisfy
visual, kinaesthetic and conceptual
aspects in the poem ‘The Eagle’.
What images have been used in
the poem ‘The Eagle’?
Summarize the poem ‘The Eagle’
in your own words.
Interview your friends about the
eagle and the poem ‘The Eagle’
Design a role play about the Eagle
and the Parrot that may out show
merits and demerits of them.
Tell why the poem ‘The Eagle’ is
put in the Chapter One under the
caption ‘What is poetry’?
What are the dictionary meanings
of the following words used in the
poem ‘The Eagle’: clasp, crooked,
ringed, azure, wrinkled, crawl,
watch, thunderbolt.
Define image and enumerate kinds
of images. What sort of images do
you find in the poem ‘The Eagle’?
Sing in chorus the poem ‘The
Eagle’ in such a way that all the
students express the same sound
and sense alike.
How much the poem ‘The Eagle’
succeed in providing information
about the eagles to the student. Is
there any scope of improvement in
it. Justify.
Determine the significance of the
‘The Eagle’ under the wider
perspective of different
movements of poetry in English
literature.
2. The Winter by Shakespeare
Create a movie with the
background sound of the poem
‘The Eagle’ with text of the poem
and pictures of the animals.
Prepare a chorus of the poem ‘The
Eagle’ in collaboration with your
friends to present in the college
function
Imagine any bird of your choice
and jot down characteristics of it
as much as you can and try to
versify these characteristics into
metrical composition.