Syllabus: BA Semester II – English Poetry

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Introduction

This syllabus is designed for the students of BA Second Semester (English) of DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, U.P., India and provides an overview of the course ENG 102F: English Poetry (Core). It outlines the course structure, units, key topics, and suggested readings to help students understand various forms, elements, and representative works of English poetry from the Elizabethan Age to the Modern Age.

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Disclaimer

This syllabus is meant for general information only. Students are advised to verify the details with the official syllabus provided by their college or university before relying on it for academic or examination purposes.

यह पाठ्यक्रम केवल सामान्य जानकारी के उद्देश्य से प्रस्तुत किया गया है। विद्यार्थियों को सलाह दी जाती है कि शैक्षणिक अथवा परीक्षा संबंधी प्रयोजनों के लिए इस पर निर्भर करने से पूर्व अपने कॉलेज या विश्वविद्यालय द्वारा जारी आधिकारिक पाठ्यक्रम से विवरणों की पुष्टि अवश्य कर लें।

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Unit Wise Syllabus

Course Code: ENG 102F
Course Title: English Poetry (Core)
Credits: 06

This course is designed to help students understand various forms of poetry, their development, and the works of major poets in English literature.

Course Outcomes

  • Identify different forms of poetry and understand their development.
  • Understand basic stanza patterns, their origin, and evolution.
  • Critically analyze poems with reference to form and structure.
  • Trace the development of English poetry from the Elizabethan to the Modern Age.
  • Assess the contribution of representative poets.

Unit I – Forms of Poetry

  • Lyric
  • Sonnet
  • Elegy
  • Ode
  • Epic
  • Ballad
  • Dramatic Monologue
  • Allegory


Unit II – Elements of Poetry

Elements

  • Tone
  • Rhythm
  • Rhyme Scheme
  • Meter
  • Syllables
  • Figures of Speech
  • Inversion
  • Juxtaposition
  • Symbols
  • Imagery

Stanza Forms

  • Heroic Couplet
  • Blank Verse
  • Free Verse
  • Spenserian Stanza
  • Terza Rima

Unit III – Major Poets and Selected Works 


  • William Shakespeare – “Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds” (Sonnet 116)
  • John Donne – “The Sun Rising”
  • Alexander Pope – “Essay on Man” (Epistle II, Lines 1–18)
  • Thomas Gray – “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”

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Unit IV – Major Poets and Selected Works

  • William Blake – “The Tyger”
  • William Wordsworth – “Daffodils”
  • John Keats – “Ode to a Nightingale”

Unit V – Major Poets and Selected Works 

  • Alfred Tennyson – “Ulysses”
  • Robert Browning – “My Last Duchess”
  • Matthew Arnold – “Dover Beach”
  • D. G. Rossetti – “The Blessed Damozel”

Unit VI – Major Poets and Selected Works 

  • Wilfred Owen – “Anthem for Doomed Youth”
  • T. S. Eliot – “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
  • W. B. Yeats – “The Second Coming”
  • Philip Larkin – “The Trees”

Note: Texts marked with * are meant for non-detailed study.

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Suggested Reading

  • Abrams, M. H. & Harpham, G. G. – A Glossary of Literary Terms
  • Abrams, M. H. – English Romantic Poets
  • Boulton, M. – The Anatomy of Poetry
  • Bowra, C. M. – The Romantic Imagination
  • Daiches, D. – A Critical History of English Literature
  • Thwaite, A. – Twentieth-Century English Poetry

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Study Tips (In Hindi)

1. प्रारंभिक पठन

प्रारंभिक पठन (First Reading – Surface Understanding)

  •     कविता को बिना नोट्स बनाए एक या दो बार ध्यान से पढ़ें।
  •     विषय (Theme) और भाव (Mood) समझने पर ध्यान दें।
  •     अपरिचित शब्दों को रेखांकित करें, अर्थ तुरंत न खोजें।
  •     उद्देश्य: कविता का सामान्य अर्थ और भाव ग्रहण करना।

2. शब्दार्थ और संदर्भ

  • कठिन शब्दों के  अर्थ देखें।
  • कविता के ऐतिहासिक, सामाजिक और साहित्यिक संदर्भ को समझें।
  • कवि का संक्षिप्त परिचय पढ़ें।

     उद्देश्य: अर्थ की स्पष्टता और पृष्ठभूमि की समझ।

3. संरचना और शिल्प

  • कविता की छंद योजना (Rhyme Scheme) पहचानें।
  • मीटर (Meter), स्टैंज़ा संरचना, और कविता का प्रकार (Sonnet, Lyric, Ode आदि) नोट करें।
  • शीर्षक और अंतिम पंक्तियों का विशेष अध्ययन करें।
  • उद्देश्य: कविता की तकनीकी बनावट समझना।

4. पुनरावृत्ति

  • संक्षिप्त नोट्स बनाएं।
  • उत्तर लेखन का अभ्यास करें।

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