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IGNOU MEG-18 (July 2025 – January 2026) Assignment Questions
1.Write a note on the role of poetry in reflecting and shaping the postcolonial American identity.
2.Discuss “The Wild Honey Suckle” as a metaphorical poem. Give examples from the poem to support your observations.
3.Emerson’s poems reflect transcendental philosophy. Discuss with reference to “Brahma”
4.How does Emily Dickinson use nature and imagination in the poems “She Sweeps With Many-Colored Brooms” and “I Taste A Liquor Never Brewed?”
5.What is the significance of the title of the poem “The River Merchant’s Wife: A Letter”. Discuss with reference to the context.
6.Critically analyse the Harlem Renaissance within the framework of early 20th-century American society and culture.
7.Analyse Allen Ginsberg’s “Death and Fame” as a poem of the Beat Generation.
8.“In a Classroom” by Adrienne Rich is a powerful reflection on the role of teaching. Discuss.
IGNOU MEG-18 (July 2024 – January 2025) Assignment Questions
1. Trace the history of colonialism in America and its impact on American poetry.
2. Write short notes on:
a) American Spirot and Puritan Spirit
b) American poetry today
3. Walt Whitman’s poem, “Song of Myself” is a social document engaging American national landscape – discuss.
4. How does the choice of words in the poem “I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed” help to illustrate the idea of ‘self’ of the poet?
5. Critically appreciate the poems, “ Home Burial” and “After apple Picking”.
6. Discuss Joy Harjo and Leslie Marmon Silko as important Native American poets.
