Q1. What is the significance of the mention of the Sphinx in “The Second
Coming”? Discuss in details.
Q2: Discuss ways in which Yeats presents ideas of his vision of the future in “The
Second Coming”.
Q3: Discuss the significance of the conclusion in “The Love Song of J. Alfred
Prufrock”. What does Eliot try to say at the end of his poem? Discuss.
Q4: Elaborate on the portrayal of the city in Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred
Prufrock”.
Q5: Discuss the significance of the title in Larkin’s “Church Going”.
Q6: In general, modern poetry reflects the poetic scene of the 20th century.
Discuss this statement and relate it to some poems you have studied this year.
Q7: Comment on the significance of the word “reports” used in Auden’s “The
Unknown Citizen”
Q8: What makes you say that Walter de la Mare’s “The Listeners” is a Georgian
poem? Discuss in details.
Q9: Discuss the allegorical meaning of Walter de la Mare’s “The Listeners”.