SECTION – I
UGC NET Solved Paper III ; Subject -- English ; December : 2009.
( In the newly structured syllabus it is in Paper III, Section IV)
UGC NET Solved Paper III ; Subject -- English ; December : 2009.
This section contains five (5) questions based on the following poem.
Each question should be answered in about thirty (30) words and carries five (5) marks. (5 × 5 = 25 marks)
It was me. I got up from our table.
It was almost time for visiting hours.
He said nothing in reply to my greeting.
I tried to take his hand – he pulled it back
like a hungry dog who wouldn’t give up a bone.
He seemed ashamed of dying.
I don’t know what you say to someone like him.
As in a photomontage, our eyes would not meet.
He didn’t ask me to stay or go.
He didn’t ask about anyone at our table.
Not about you, Bolek. Not about you, Tolek. Not about you, Lolek.
My head began to ache. Who was dying for whom ?
I praised medicine and the three violets in the glass.
I talked about the sun and thought dark thoughts.
How good there’s a staircase to run down.
How good there’s a gate to be opened.
How good you’re all waiting for me at our table.
The smell of a hospital makes me sick.
1. Comment on the form of the poem.
Ans: The proper lyricism in this poem seems to be absent as the poem is in the free verse with no regular rhyming pattern. However, the stanza division can be chalked out as 3+3+3+3+3+3+1 and most importantly the emotional integrity of the poem arrests our mind.