Writing Answers to RTC type Question In IGNOU MEG-1
Writing Answers to RTC type Question In IGNOU MEG-1
writing RTC type of questions
Title & Author
1 Writing Reference to the Context
Step-I
Begin by mentioning the name of the poem and the poet of that particular poem.
For example:
These lines have been taken from the poem _ written by ___.
or
This is an extract from the poem __ written by __.
or
These lines occur in the poem ____written by ___.
Step-II
* Briefly describe the context/situation in which the chosen lines occur.
* Identify the order/place in the poem i.e., whether the lines under reference happen to be the opening or concluding lines, whether it is the first stanza or the last stanza or it occurs in the middle of the poem.
* Identify the form of the poem - Blank verse, free verse, sonnet
Context
Explain passage
Explain how it refers to poem// effect on the poem
Literary device
State observation with the poet's personal life or the age when it was written. historical background, literary background
Sample - Poem Stanza summary RTC explanation
-Miss bhavya
Twicknam Garden
Reference- The above lines are taken from the Poem Twicknam Garden written and composed
by John Donne.
About John Donne :
John Donne was born in the year 1572 in London. He was a preeminent representative of the metaphysical poets, meaning that his work was characterised by the inventive use of conceits, and has a greater emphasis on the spoken rather than the lyrical quality of the verse. He mostly wrote satirical poems, love poems and elegy and sermons. The latter is because he was also a priest and a lawyer. His most notable works are The Flea, The Good-Morrow and Holy Sonnet: Death, be not proud among many others. A man of many talents, John Donne died in the year 1631, aged 58 of natural causes.
Stanzas :
• "Blasted with sighs.............. I have the serpent brought".
Twicknam Garden” is a lyric in nine-line stanzas, with five lines in iambic
Introduction of the poet– including details of his/her birth and death, achievements, awards and his/her literary age etc.
Meg 1 In these questions, you need to mention the name of the poem, poet, brief autobiographical details, literary period (eg neoclassical/modernist), what the lines mean, how many stanzas the poem has, any Biblical allusions or other mythological references in the lines, the rhyme scheme, the meter (iambic pentameter/trimeter etc), any figures of speech (simile, conceit, personification, alliteration etc) and the general place that the poem occupies in British literature (considered one the most unique/greatest/the poet's masterpiece). You will also be asked essay questions on specific poets, literary ages, and forms of poetry. So you will need to make notes on the common features of each literary age (eg, Chaucer's age, neoclassical, modernist), the major poets of those ages and their biographical details.
Comparison of poems-
Points to be focused on
1. The poet and the time in which the poem was written
2.what inspired the poet to write those lines.
3. Context of the poem that is needed to be expressed in our own words.
4. Rhyme scheme of the poem that provide to the poem
5. About the poem if RTC us from between the poem then don't miss to mention about how the poem started and ended (in brief) that is Reference to the poem.
6. Try to Put your own points .. for that IGNOU books are quite helpful and guiding..
7. If don't understand the poem read twice or thrice.
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