English Honours Examination (English Reading Skill) Part -C (ইংরেজী অনার্স পরিক্ষা জাতীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়-২০১৯)

(ইংরেজী অনার্স পরিক্ষা জাতীয় বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়-২০১৯)

Part – C

3. Read the poem cited below and answer any five questions:

When I consider how my light is spent,

Ere half my days in, this dark world and wide,

And that one talent which is death to hide,

Lodg'd with me useless, though my soul more bent

To serve therewith my maker, and present

My true account, lest he returning chide;

Doth God exact day-labour, light deny'd?

I fondly ask; but patience to prevent

That murmur, soon replies, 'God doth not need

Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best

Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His State

Is kingly: thousands at his bidding speed,

And post o'er land and ocean without rest;

They also serve who only stand and wait.

(a) Discuss the central theme of the poem.

(b) Evaluate the generic form of the poem.

(c) How does Milton justify the ways of God to man in the poem?

(d) Explain the line “They also serve who only stand and wait” and connect it with the inner meaning of the poem.

(e) Analyse the rhyme-scheme of the poem.

(f) Comment on the tone used in the poem.

(g) Write the summary of the poem.

(h) Find out some words which help to find out the inner conflict of mind in the poem.