Part One: Explain the following terms in English.(10Χ2’)

1. William Shakespeare

2. The English Renaissance

3. Sonnet

4. Heroic Couplet

5. William Wordsworth

6. Romanticism

7. Lyrical Ballads

8. Robert Browning

9. The Victorian Age

10. Dramatic Monologue

Part Two: Fill in the blanks.(10Χ2’)

1. Renaissance refers to the period between _______ centuries. It marks a transition from the medieval to the modern world.

2. ________________ - Man is the measure of all things.

3. Shakespeare’s _______, 154 in number, are the only direct expression of the poet’s own feelings; _________ deserves its fame because it is one of the most beautifully written verses in the English language.

4. _________ is generally said to have began in 1798 with the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s_______ and to have ended in 1832 with Sir Walter Scott’s death.

5. ________ started with Samuel Taylor Coleridge the English Romantic Movement with their collection______.

6. Lyrical Ballads followed by “The Preface to the Lyrical Ballads”-served as _____of the English Romantic Movement in poetry.

7. “All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings that takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.” was said by _________.

8. My Last Duchess is a poem by Robert Browning, frequently anthologized as an example of the ________.

Part Three: Answer the Questions.(10Χ2’)

1. Give a brief analysis of Sonnet 18.

2. Make an analysis on The Solitary Reaper.

3. What is the story behind the poem My Last Duchess?