Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

''...her vesper done of all its wreathed pearls her hair she fees. Unclasps her warmed jewels one by one; Loosens her fragrant bodice; by degrees<br/>Her rich attire creeps rustling to her knees''.<br/>The passage gives ample evidence of the poet''s

'what happens to a dream deferred?<br/>Does it dry up<br/>like a raisin in the sun?<br/>Or fester like a sore-<br/>And then run?'<br/>In the above lines, the poet achieves special effect by the use of

'A white ball of fire tore through the dome of the night. It exploded into the branches of a colossal tree of fire - whose stem instantly leapt towards the earth'.<br/>The passage directs is appeal primarily to the sense of

She said you just had to make an emotional commitment in marriage. It was like skiing, you could not see in advance what would happen but you had to let go. Maybe that was why I failed, because I didn't know what I had to let go of. For me it hadn't been like skiing, it was more like jumping off a cliff. That was the feeling I had all the time I was married, in the air, going down, waiting for the smash at the bottom.<br/>The passage indicates that the author's experience in marriage was

An ode is best described as a