Monday, January 26, 2026

LT English Uttar Pradesh Sample Questions

 SECTION II – LITERATURES IN ENGLISH

A. LITERARY FORMS & MOVEMENTS

Allegory

  1. Define allegory and discuss its use in English literature.
  2. Write a note on allegorical technique with suitable examples.

Ballad

  1. What is a ballad? Discuss its chief characteristics.
  2. Distinguish between folk ballad and literary ballad.

Ode

  1. Define ode and discuss its major types.
  2. Discuss the ode as a major lyric form in English poetry.

Sonnet

  1. Define the sonnet and discuss its structure.
  2. Distinguish between Petrarchan and Shakespearean sonnets.

Blank Verse

  1. What is blank verse? Illustrate with examples.
  2. Discuss the importance of blank verse in English poetry.

Epic & Mock Epic

  1. Define epic and discuss its major characteristics.
  2. Discuss mock epic with reference to The Rape of the Lock.

Heroic Couplet

  1. What is a heroic couplet? Give examples.
  2. Discuss Pope’s mastery over heroic couplet.

Lyric

  1. Define lyric poetry and discuss its features.
  2. Write a note on lyric as an expression of personal emotion.

Elegy

  1. What is an elegy? Discuss its traditional features.
  2. Write a note on elegy as a poetic form.

Dramatic Monologue

  1. Define dramatic monologue with suitable examples.
  2. Discuss Browning’s contribution to dramatic monologue.

Free Verse

  1. What is free verse? How does it differ from metrical verse?
  2. Discuss free verse as a modern poetic form.

Tragedy

  1. Define tragedy and discuss its essential elements.
  2. Discuss Shakespearean tragedy.

Comedy

  1. Define comedy and discuss its major types.
  2. Discuss comedy of manners with examples.

Tragi-Comedy / Romance

  1. What is tragi-comedy? Illustrate with examples.
  2. Discuss romance as a dramatic form.

One-Act Play

  1. Define one-act play and discuss its features.
  2. Write a note on the popularity of one-act plays.

Biography / Autobiography

  1. Distinguish between biography and autobiography.
  2. Discuss autobiography as a literary form.

Fiction & Essay

  1. Discuss the development of the English novel.
  2. Write a note on different types of essays.

B. POETRY (TEXT-WISE QUESTIONS)

Shakespeare – Sonnets (29 & 138)

  1. Critically appreciate Sonnet No. 29.
  2. Discuss the theme of love and truth in Sonnet No. 138.

Milton – On His Blindness & Paradise Lost

  1. Discuss the theme of patience in “On His Blindness”.
  2. Comment on the opening lines of Paradise Lost, Book I.

John Donne – The Canonization

  1. Discuss The Canonization as a metaphysical poem.
  2. Examine Donne’s use of wit and conceit.

Pope – The Rape of the Lock

  1. Discuss The Rape of the Lock as a mock-epic.
  2. Comment on the social satire in Canto I.

Gray – Elegy

  1. Discuss the theme of death in Gray’s Elegy.
  2. Critically appreciate Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.

Wordsworth – Tintern Abbey & The World Is Too Much With Us

  1. Discuss nature as a moral teacher in “Tintern Abbey”.
  2. Explain the theme of materialism in “The World Is Too Much With Us”.

Shelley – Ode to the West Wind & To a Skylark

  1. Discuss “Ode to the West Wind” as a revolutionary poem.
  2. Comment on Shelley’s concept of imagination in “To a Skylark”.

Keats – Ode on a Grecian Urn & La Belle Dame sans Merci

  1. Discuss beauty and truth in “Ode on a Grecian Urn”.
  2. Examine romantic elements in “La Belle Dame sans Merci”.

Tennyson – Break, Break, Break & Ulysses

  1. Discuss grief and loss in “Break, Break, Break”.
  2. Discuss the theme of heroism in “Ulysses”.

Browning – My Last Duchess & Prospice

  1. Discuss “My Last Duchess” as a dramatic monologue.
  2. Comment on Browning’s optimistic philosophy in “Prospice”.

Arnold – Dover Beach & Memorial Verses

  1. Discuss loss of faith in “Dover Beach”.
  2. Write a critical note on “Memorial Verses”.

Yeats – The Second Coming & Sailing to Byzantium

  1. Discuss “The Second Coming” as an apocalyptic poem.
  2. Explain the theme of immortality in “Sailing to Byzantium”.

Eliot – The Waste Land

  1. Discuss The Waste Land as a modern poem.
  2. Examine myth and symbolism in The Waste Land.

Auden – In Memory of W. B. Yeats

  1. Discuss the poem as a modern elegy.
  2. Examine Auden’s views on the role of poetry.

Ted Hughes – Crow Alights

  1. Discuss violence and power in “Crow Alights”.
  2. Comment on Hughes’s poetic vision.

Philip Larkin – Wants

  1. Discuss the theme of isolation in “Wants”.
  2. Comment on Larkin’s pessimistic outlook.

Whitman – O Captain! My Captain!

  1. Discuss the poem as an elegy.
  2. Explain the symbolic meaning of the poem.

Emily Dickinson – Success Is Counted Sweetest

  1. Discuss the theme of success and failure.
  2. Comment on Dickinson’s poetic style.

Robert Frost – Birches & Stopping by Woods

  1. Discuss fantasy and reality in “Birches”.
  2. Comment on symbolism in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”.

Tagore – Gitanjali (11 & 12)

  1. Discuss mysticism in Gitanjali.
  2. Comment on Tagore’s spiritual philosophy.

Nissim Ezekiel

  1. Discuss Indian sensibility in “Night of the Scorpion”.
  2. Comment on irony in “Philosophy”.

Kamala Das – An Introduction

  1. Discuss identity and feminism in “An Introduction”.
  2. Comment on confessional elements in the poem.

A. K. Ramanujan – Obituary

  1. Discuss irony in “Obituary”.
  2. Comment on Ramanujan’s poetic style.

Derek Walcott – A Far Cry from Africa

  1. Discuss the theme of divided identity.
  2. Comment on post-colonial conflict in the poem.

C. DRAMA

Shakespeare

Macbeth

  1. Discuss Macbeth as a tragic hero.
  2. Examine the role of ambition in Macbeth.

Twelfth Night

  1. Discuss romantic comedy in Twelfth Night.
  2. Comment on disguise and mistaken identity.

Merchant of Venice

  1. Discuss Shylock as a tragic figure.
  2. Examine the theme of mercy.

Ben Jonson – Every Man in His Humour

  1. Discuss comedy of humours.
  2. Comment on Jonson’s realism.

Dryden – All for Love

  1. Discuss All for Love as a heroic tragedy.
  2. Comment on Dryden’s dramatic art.

Shaw – Arms and the Man

  1. Discuss Arms and the Man as an anti-romantic play.
  2. Comment on Shaw’s use of satire.

Galsworthy – Justice

  1. Discuss Justice as a social problem play.
  2. Comment on criticism of the legal system.

Pinter – The Birthday Party

  1. Discuss menace and fear in the play.
  2. Comment on absurd elements.

O’Neill – The Hairy Ape

  1. Discuss alienation in The Hairy Ape.
  2. Comment on expressionism in the play.

Arthur Miller – All My Sons

  1. Discuss moral responsibility in the play.
  2. Comment on the American Dream.

Girish Karnad – Hayavadana

  1. Discuss myth and modernity in Hayavadana.
  2. Examine the theme of identity crisis.

D. PROSE & FICTION

Essays

Bacon

  1. Discuss Bacon as a moral essayist.
  2. Comment on Bacon’s aphoristic style.

Addison & Steele

  1. Discuss Addison’s prose style.
  2. Comment on The Spectator essays.

Lamb

  1. Discuss autobiographical elements in “Dream Children”.
  2. Comment on Lamb’s humour and pathos.

Short Stories

  1. Discuss irony in “The Luncheon”.
  2. Comment on symbolism in “The Fly”.
  3. Discuss humanitarian values in “The Last Leaf”.
  4. Comment on narrative technique in “A Farewell Party”.

Novels

  1. Discuss Animal Farm as a political allegory.
  2. Examine leadership and power in Lord of the Flies.
  3. Discuss stream of consciousness in Mrs Dalloway.
  4. Comment on colonial conflict in Things Fall Apart.
  5. Discuss Gandhian philosophy in Kanthapura.
  6. Examine realism in The Old Man and the Sea.

 

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LT English Uttar Pradesh Sample Questions

  SECTION II – LITERATURES IN ENGLISH A. LITERARY FORMS & MOVEMENTS Allegory Define allegory and discuss its use in E...