Prescribed Poetry - ISC Class 12 English Literature Questions with Answers
20 past-paper questions on Prescribed Poetry from ISC Class 12 English Literature papers (2021-2017), newest first. Open one to see its answer.
- The poem Crossing the Bar is a poem of affirmation and faith. Give your views. 2021 · 15 marks · Long answer
- Describe the interaction between the Spider and the Fly in the poem The Spider and the Fly. 2021 · 15 marks · Long answer
- Referring closely to the poem The Darkling Thrush, answer the following: Describe the bleak picture of the day as described by… 2021 · 15 marks · Short answer
- The poem John Brown presents two attitudes to war. Describe the two attitudes. Which one do you sympathise with? Why? 2020 · 20 marks · Long answer
- Referring closely to the poem Dover Beach: Describe the moonlit scene described by the poet at the beginning of the poem. How… 2020 · 20 marks · Long answer
- How is the power of the Music Makers brought out in We are the Music Makers? 2020 · 20 marks · Long answer
- Referring closely to the poem The Darkling Thrush, answer the following: What are the poet’s feelings at the end of the poem? 2019 · 6 marks · Short answer
- Referring closely to the poem ‘The Gift of India’, relate what Mother India says about her brave sons. 2019 · 8 marks · Short answer
- Referring closely to the poem The Darkling Thrush, answer the following: How does the atmosphere suddenly change? 2019 · 6 marks · Short answer
- Referring closely to the poem The Darkling Thrush, answer the following: Describe the bleak picture of the day as described by… 2019 · 8 marks · Short answer
- What idea does the poem give you of the role of Indian soldiers during British rule? 2019 · 6 marks · Short answer
- Analyse the poem ‘Desiderata’, as a guide to live a meaningful life. 2019 · 20 marks · Long answer
- ‘The Dolphins’ is a poem of protest against the slow destruction of Nature and natural creatures by Man. Discuss. 2019 · 20 marks · Long answer
- In what way is the poem a celebration and yet suffused with pathos? 2019 · 6 marks · Short answer
- Discuss how the speaker in the poem Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night rages against the traditional acceptance of death. 2018 · 20 marks · Long answer
- Wilfred Owen paints a horrific picture of a nightmarish memory on the battlefield. How does Dulce et Decorum Est become Owen’s… 2018 · 20 marks · Long answer
- In the poem Breaking Out, the poet shows the gradual transformation of a young girl into a confident and independent individual… 2018 · 20 marks · Long answer
- Examine the poem Phenomenal Woman as a celebration of the unique identity of a woman. 2017 · 20 marks · Long answer
- Describe how the poem Five Ways to Kill a Man explores the increasing loss of humanity in every succeeding age. How is the ending… 2017 · 20 marks · Long answer
- Lord Byron gives a description of youth enjoying a night of joy and pleasure, being sent to the battlefield of Waterloo to their… 2017 · 20 marks · Long answer
Other English Literature chapters
- Atithi/Guest - Rabindranath Tagore 14 questions
- Prescribed Prose 59 questions
- To Build a Fire - Jack London 12 questions
- The Cookie Lady - Philip K. Dick 14 questions
- The Story of an Hour - Kate Chopin 15 questions
- The Singing Lesson - Katherine Mansfield 9 questions
- There Will Come Soft Rains - Ray Bradbury 16 questions
- Indigo - Satyajit Ray 13 questions
- The Sound Machine - Roald Dahl 6 questions
- B. Wordsworth - V.S. Naipaul 8 questions
- The Medicine Bag - Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve 17 questions
- Telephone Conversation - Wole Soyinka 17 questions
- The Darkling Thrush - Thomas Hardy 13 questions
- Birches - Robert Frost 10 questions
- Tithonus - Alfred, Lord Tennyson 15 questions
- Beethoven - Shane Koyczan 18 questions
- Crossing the Bar - Alfred, Lord Tennyson 5 questions
- Dover Beach - Matthew Arnold 9 questions
- Small Towns and the River - Mamang Dai 12 questions
- Death be not Proud - John Donne 12 questions
- We are the Music Makers - Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy 5 questions
- Macbeth - William Shakespeare 95 questions
- Prescribed Play 60 questions
- The Tempest - William Shakespeare 57 questions