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  Q. 05. The Lamb by William Blake: Summary and Critical Analysis   Ans:    The lamb is one of the simplest poems of Blake. The symbolic meaning of it is almost clearly stated in the poem The Lamb which is probably the most important among the poem of innocence. Here the symbols of child, lamb and Christ are assimilated each other. The poem begins with a child like directness and natural world that show none of the signs of grownups.   The poet addresses lamb itself. Lamb is pure, innocent and it is associated with Christ. Being a visionary Blake invites the reader to world free form reasoning. He describes the lamb as he sees it. The lamb has been blessed with life and with capacity to drink from the stream and feed from the meadow. It has been allotted with bright, soft and warm wool which serves as its clothing.   It has a tender voice which fills the valley with joy. The child, too, is an innocent child. Christ was also a child when he fi...

  Q.04. Write a note on critical appreciation of the poem "The Lamb" by William Blake   Ans:    The Lamb is William Blake's simple poem, written in a lucid style, conveying his philosophy about the world of children, its bliss, and perfection. It is one of the poems belonging to his "Songs of Innocence" . The lamb is an innocent creature of God and it also symbolizes the child Christ. The world of it is largely a world of simplicity, purity, happiness, and security.   The poem opens with the description of the little creature and this description is given by the child who is the speaker here. The child wants to know who has created it. Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?   The child puts this question because of the wonderful qualities which this creature possesses. The lamb is blessed with life and the capacity to feed by the small river and over the grassy land. It is endowed with shining and soft wool which serves...

  Q.03. William Blake’s The Tyger : Critique and Appraisal   Ans:    "The Tyger" represents an intense, visionary style with which William Blake confronts a timeless question through the creation of a still-life reverie. To examine "The Tyger's" world, a reader must inspect Blake’s word choice, images, allusions, rhyme scheme, meter, and theme. "The Tyger" seems like a simple poem, yet this simple poem contains all the complexities of the human mystery. The first impression that William Blake gives is that he sees a terrible tiger in the night, and, as a result of his state of panic, the poet exaggerates the description of the animal when he writes: ‘Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright In the forests of the night…’   The opening question enacts what will be the single dramatic gesture of the poem, and each subsequent stanza elaborates on this conception. Blake is building on the conventional idea that nature, like a work of art, must in some way ...

  Q.02. Write a note on critical analysis of The Tyger by William Blake.   Ans:    “The Tyger” is one of the most famous poems by Blake from his Songs of Experience . The Tyger is the most impressive and the most striking poem. It was written in contrast to The Lamb of the Songs of Innocence . The theme of the poem is a simple one but its apparent simplicity simply intensifies its visionary quality.   The Tyger is a poem navigating the nature of creation and the grandeur of the creator. Yet, the poem takes a dark side of creation. The complexity of Blake’s ideas in the poem contrasts with his simple language and construction. This poem is to be read in comparison and contrast with Blake’s The Lamb which shows the more innocent aspect of creation and human nature as manifested in the creation of the lamb which is a symbol of innocence. Blake believed that a person has to pass through a state of innocence—to be a lamb—in order to absorb the contrasti...

  Q.01. Write a note on critical appreciation of the poem "The Tyger" by William Blake.   Ans:    “The Tyger” is one of the most famous poems by Blake from his Songs of Experience . The Tyger is the most impressive and the most striking poem. It was written in contrast to The Lamb of the Songs of Innocence . The theme of the poem is a simple one but its apparent simplicity simply intensifies its visionary quality.   The tiger is a part of the creation. The beauty and ferocity of the beast overwhelms the poet. The speaker wonders at the dreadful and yet well proportioned shape of the beast and asks who could have been the designer. The poet asks what manner, devices and instruments the Creator could have employed to bring about such a wonder.   The Tyger is a classic poem in its use of imagery and symbolism. The images here have their special strength and freedom. The poem opens with a vivid, dramatic visual effect as the tiger almost leaps...

  Q.10. Write a note on plot construction of Pride and Prejudice. Or, An Essay on Pride and Prejudice event: Plot Structure and construction .   Ans:    The plots of Austen’s novels especially that of   Pride and Prejudice are well-knit, organic plots. There is very little in them that may be called superfluous. In Pride and Prejudice . In the novel the events follow each other logically and inevitably.   The story opens at Longfourn. The arrival of Mr. Bingley at Netherfield Park is an important event because of the matrimonial intention of the Bennet family, and also because it is with him that the hero Darcy makes his appearance. Quite naturally, there is a ball at Netherfield Park which makes stage in the development of the plot. The plot develops through the conflict between Darcy and Elizabeth, the pride of one and the prejudice of the other.   Jane Austen shows great skill in the handling of events which now follow in quick succe...

  Q.09. Write a brief note the character of Mr. Dercy. Or, Bring out the principal traits of the character of Mr Dercy in Pride and Prejudice .   Ans:     In Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice is described by the author as a fine figure of a man. He is a tall person with handsome figure and a noble bearing.   Mr. Darcy exhibits all the good and bad qualities of the ideal English aristocrat — snobbish and arrogant, he is also completely honest and sure of himself. Darcy is not actually a titled nobleman, but he is one of the wealthiest members of the landed gentry — the same legal class that Elizabeth's much poorer family belongs to. While Darcy's sense of social superiority offends people, it also promotes some of his better traits. As Wickham notes in his sly assessment, "His pride never deserts him; but with the rich, he is liberal-minded, just, sincere, rational, honorable, and perhaps agreeable — allowing for fortune and figure."   ...