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Question 1
ప్రశ్న 1
Who wrote Leaves of Grass?
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Explanation:
• Walt Whitman wrote Leaves of Grass, the collection through which he repeatedly revised and expanded his poetic project.
• The book celebrates the self, the body, democracy, labour, nature and the diversity of American life.
• Emerson and Thoreau influenced American transcendental thought, while Longfellow followed more conventional poetic forms.
• Leaves of Grass became central to the emergence of a distinctive American poetic voice.
• The book celebrates the self, the body, democracy, labour, nature and the diversity of American life.
• Emerson and Thoreau influenced American transcendental thought, while Longfellow followed more conventional poetic forms.
• Leaves of Grass became central to the emergence of a distinctive American poetic voice.
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Question 2
ప్రశ్న 2
In which year was the first edition of Leaves of Grass published?
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Explanation:
• The first edition of Leaves of Grass appeared in 1855.
• Whitman published the volume at his own expense and continued revising it throughout his life.
• The early edition was formally unconventional and presented the poet as an American democratic voice.
• Later editions added poems and reorganized the collection.
• Whitman published the volume at his own expense and continued revising it throughout his life.
• The early edition was formally unconventional and presented the poet as an American democratic voice.
• Later editions added poems and reorganized the collection.
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Question 3
ప్రశ్న 3
Which description best defines free verse?
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Explanation:
• Free verse does not follow a consistently fixed metrical or rhyme pattern.
• It may still use rhythm, repetition, parallelism, sound and carefully controlled lineation.
• Whitman's long, flexible lines helped establish free verse as a major resource in American poetry.
• Free verse is therefore not the absence of form but the use of less predetermined formal structures.
• It may still use rhythm, repetition, parallelism, sound and carefully controlled lineation.
• Whitman's long, flexible lines helped establish free verse as a major resource in American poetry.
• Free verse is therefore not the absence of form but the use of less predetermined formal structures.
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Question 4
ప్రశ్న 4
Which technique is especially characteristic of Whitman's poetry?
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Explanation:
• Whitman frequently uses catalogues that accumulate occupations, bodies, landscapes and social experiences.
• These lists create a sense of abundance, inclusiveness and democratic variety.
• Parallel syntax and repetition help organize his long free-verse lines.
• The catalogue is both a formal device and an expression of his vision of America.
• These lists create a sense of abundance, inclusiveness and democratic variety.
• Parallel syntax and repetition help organize his long free-verse lines.
• The catalogue is both a formal device and an expression of his vision of America.
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Question 5
ప్రశ్న 5
In Song of Myself, the poetic self is best understood as what?
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Explanation:
• The speaker's self is individual yet expansive, repeatedly identifying with other people, creatures and forms of experience.
• Whitman treats the body and soul as interconnected rather than opposing realities.
• The self becomes a democratic space capable of containing difference and contradiction.
• This inclusive identity is central to Whitman's poetic philosophy.
• Whitman treats the body and soul as interconnected rather than opposing realities.
• The self becomes a democratic space capable of containing difference and contradiction.
• This inclusive identity is central to Whitman's poetic philosophy.
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Question 6
ప్రశ్న 6
Which poem by Whitman is an elegy for Abraham Lincoln?
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Explanation:
• When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd is Whitman's major elegy for Abraham Lincoln.
• The poem uses recurring symbols including lilacs, the western star and the hermit thrush.
• It transforms national mourning into a meditation on death, memory and reconciliation.
• The poem is connected with Whitman's Civil War and postwar experience.
• The poem uses recurring symbols including lilacs, the western star and the hermit thrush.
• It transforms national mourning into a meditation on death, memory and reconciliation.
• The poem is connected with Whitman's Civil War and postwar experience.
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Question 7
ప్రశ్న 7
Which statement best describes O Captain! My Captain!?
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Explanation:
• O Captain! My Captain! is Whitman's elegy for Lincoln using the captain and ship as political symbols.
• Unlike much of Whitman's poetry, it employs regular stanzaic form, metre and rhyme.
• The successful voyage represents the preservation of the Union, while the captain's death represents Lincoln's assassination.
• Its conventional form helped make it one of Whitman's most popular poems.
• Unlike much of Whitman's poetry, it employs regular stanzaic form, metre and rhyme.
• The successful voyage represents the preservation of the Union, while the captain's death represents Lincoln's assassination.
• Its conventional form helped make it one of Whitman's most popular poems.
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Question 8
ప్రశ్న 8
What is slant rhyme in Emily Dickinson's poetry?
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Explanation:
• Slant rhyme is an approximate or imperfect rhyme rather than an exact sound correspondence.
• Dickinson uses it to create tension, surprise and unresolved resonance.
• The technique contributes to the compressed and unsettling quality of many poems.
• It is also called near rhyme, half rhyme or off rhyme.
• Dickinson uses it to create tension, surprise and unresolved resonance.
• The technique contributes to the compressed and unsettling quality of many poems.
• It is also called near rhyme, half rhyme or off rhyme.
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Question 9
ప్రశ్న 9
Which metrical tradition strongly influences many of Dickinson's poems?
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Explanation:
• Many Dickinson poems draw on common metre, familiar from Protestant hymns and ballads.
• The form commonly alternates lines of four and three stresses.
• Dickinson transforms this inherited rhythm through dashes, syntactic compression and slant rhyme.
• Her innovation often comes from disturbing or intensifying a familiar metrical framework.
• The form commonly alternates lines of four and three stresses.
• Dickinson transforms this inherited rhythm through dashes, syntactic compression and slant rhyme.
• Her innovation often comes from disturbing or intensifying a familiar metrical framework.
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Question 10
ప్రశ్న 10
In Because I could not stop for Death, who accompanies the speaker and Death in the carriage?
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Explanation:
• Immortality accompanies the speaker and Death in the carriage.
• Death is personified as a courteous driver who takes the speaker away from ordinary activity.
• The journey passes scenes associated with childhood, maturity and the setting sun before reaching a grave-like house.
• The poem combines calm social imagery with uncertainty about death and eternity.
• Death is personified as a courteous driver who takes the speaker away from ordinary activity.
• The journey passes scenes associated with childhood, maturity and the setting sun before reaching a grave-like house.
• The poem combines calm social imagery with uncertainty about death and eternity.
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Question 11
ప్రశ్న 11
What is the main effect of the fly in I heard a Fly buzz when I died?
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Explanation:
• The fly enters at the moment when those present expect a significant final revelation.
• Its ordinary buzzing disrupts the solemn atmosphere and blocks the speaker's perception of light.
• The poem therefore questions expectations of certainty, transcendence and meaningful closure at death.
• Dickinson creates power through understatement and disturbing ambiguity.
• Its ordinary buzzing disrupts the solemn atmosphere and blocks the speaker's perception of light.
• The poem therefore questions expectations of certainty, transcendence and meaningful closure at death.
• Dickinson creates power through understatement and disturbing ambiguity.
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Question 12
ప్రశ్న 12
In Hope is the thing with feathers, hope is compared to what?
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Explanation:
• Dickinson compares hope to a bird that perches in the soul.
• The bird continues singing during storms and difficult conditions.
• The extended metaphor makes an abstract emotional force concrete and memorable.
• The poem's apparent simplicity is supported by compact imagery and hymn-like rhythm.
• The bird continues singing during storms and difficult conditions.
• The extended metaphor makes an abstract emotional force concrete and memorable.
• The poem's apparent simplicity is supported by compact imagery and hymn-like rhythm.
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Question 13
ప్రశ్న 13
What were Dickinson's fascicles?
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Explanation:
• Dickinson copied many poems onto folded sheets and bound them into small hand-sewn booklets known as fascicles.
• These manuscripts preserve evidence of her arrangement, revision and alternative word choices.
• They are important because only a small number of her poems appeared in print during her lifetime.
• The fascicles reveal Dickinson as a deliberate and highly self-conscious poetic craftsperson.
• These manuscripts preserve evidence of her arrangement, revision and alternative word choices.
• They are important because only a small number of her poems appeared in print during her lifetime.
• The fascicles reveal Dickinson as a deliberate and highly self-conscious poetic craftsperson.
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Question 14
ప్రశ్న 14
Consider the following statements about Whitman's democratic poetics.
Statement I: His catalogues attempt to include diverse occupations, regions and social identities.
Statement II: His democratic vision requires the complete suppression of individual difference.
Statement I: His catalogues attempt to include diverse occupations, regions and social identities.
Statement II: His democratic vision requires the complete suppression of individual difference.
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Explanation:
• Statement I is correct because Whitman's catalogues represent workers, travellers, bodies, regions and many forms of social life.
• Statement II is incorrect because his democracy seeks unity through the inclusion of difference rather than through uniformity.
• The poetic self expands by identifying with distinct people and experiences.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
• Statement II is incorrect because his democracy seeks unity through the inclusion of difference rather than through uniformity.
• The poetic self expands by identifying with distinct people and experiences.
• Therefore, Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect.
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Question 15
ప్రశ్న 15
Which of the following statements about Dickinson's poetic style are correct?
1. She frequently uses dashes and unconventional capitalization.
2. She often compresses syntax and leaves logical connections unstated.
3. She relies exclusively on perfect rhyme.
4. Her short forms may contain complex philosophical arguments.
1. She frequently uses dashes and unconventional capitalization.
2. She often compresses syntax and leaves logical connections unstated.
3. She relies exclusively on perfect rhyme.
4. Her short forms may contain complex philosophical arguments.
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Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because dashes and unusual capitalization are prominent features of Dickinson's manuscripts.
• Statement 2 is correct because her compressed syntax often requires readers to infer relationships among ideas.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because she frequently uses slant rhyme rather than perfect rhyme alone.
• Statement 4 is correct because brief lyrics examine death, faith, identity, perception and immortality.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because her compressed syntax often requires readers to infer relationships among ideas.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because she frequently uses slant rhyme rather than perfect rhyme alone.
• Statement 4 is correct because brief lyrics examine death, faith, identity, perception and immortality.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
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Question 16
ప్రశ్న 16
Assertion: Whitman's free verse is closely connected with his democratic vision.
Reason: His flexible lines and catalogues allow multiple voices, bodies and experiences to enter the poem.
Reason: His flexible lines and catalogues allow multiple voices, bodies and experiences to enter the poem.
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Explanation:
• The Assertion is correct because Whitman's formal freedom supports his rejection of inherited literary and social hierarchies.
• The Reason is correct because long lines, parallel structures and catalogues create space for diverse American experiences.
• Form and democratic subject are therefore closely connected.
• The Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
• The Reason is correct because long lines, parallel structures and catalogues create space for diverse American experiences.
• Form and democratic subject are therefore closely connected.
• The Reason correctly explains the Assertion.
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Question 17
ప్రశ్న 17
Match List I with List II.
List I
1. Leaves of Grass
2. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
3. Because I could not stop for Death
4. I heard a Fly buzz when I died
List II
i. An ordinary interruption at the moment of death
ii. Whitman's evolving poetic collection
iii. A carriage journey with Death and Immortality
iv. An elegy for Abraham Lincoln
List I
1. Leaves of Grass
2. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
3. Because I could not stop for Death
4. I heard a Fly buzz when I died
List II
i. An ordinary interruption at the moment of death
ii. Whitman's evolving poetic collection
iii. A carriage journey with Death and Immortality
iv. An elegy for Abraham Lincoln
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Leaves of Grass matches ii because it is Whitman's repeatedly expanded poetic collection.
• When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd matches iv because it elegizes Abraham Lincoln.
• Because I could not stop for Death matches iii because it stages a carriage journey with Death and Immortality.
• I heard a Fly buzz when I died matches i because a fly interrupts the anticipated solemnity of death.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-ii, 2-iv, 3-iii, 4-i.
• When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd matches iv because it elegizes Abraham Lincoln.
• Because I could not stop for Death matches iii because it stages a carriage journey with Death and Immortality.
• I heard a Fly buzz when I died matches i because a fly interrupts the anticipated solemnity of death.
• Therefore, the correct code is 1-ii, 2-iv, 3-iii, 4-i.
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Question 18
ప్రశ్న 18
Which sequence gives the correct chronological order?
1. First edition of Leaves of Grass
2. Publication of Drum-Taps
3. Death of Emily Dickinson
4. First posthumous collection of Dickinson's Poems
1. First edition of Leaves of Grass
2. Publication of Drum-Taps
3. Death of Emily Dickinson
4. First posthumous collection of Dickinson's Poems
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Explanation:
• The first edition of Leaves of Grass appeared in 1855.
• Drum-Taps was first published in 1865 and reflects Whitman's Civil War experience.
• Emily Dickinson died in 1886.
• The first posthumous collection of her Poems appeared in 1890.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
• Drum-Taps was first published in 1865 and reflects Whitman's Civil War experience.
• Emily Dickinson died in 1886.
• The first posthumous collection of her Poems appeared in 1890.
• Therefore, the correct sequence is 1, 2, 3, 4.
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Question 19
ప్రశ్న 19
Which of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?
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Explanation:
• Slant rhyme involves approximate rather than complete sound correspondence.
• Crossing Brooklyn Ferry is by Whitman, and Much Madness is divinest Sense is by Dickinson.
• Leaves of Grass developed through multiple editions and revisions.
• Therefore, the fourth pair is incorrectly matched.
• Crossing Brooklyn Ferry is by Whitman, and Much Madness is divinest Sense is by Dickinson.
• Leaves of Grass developed through multiple editions and revisions.
• Therefore, the fourth pair is incorrectly matched.
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Question 20
ప్రశ్న 20
Which comparison between Whitman and Dickinson is most accurate?
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Explanation:
• Whitman's poetry often expands through long lines, catalogues and a public democratic voice.
• Dickinson typically writes brief, compressed lyrics marked by dashes, hymn metres and conceptual intensity.
• Both poets explore the self, nature, death and spiritual questions through radically different forms.
• Their contrasting styles helped establish new possibilities for American poetry.
• Dickinson typically writes brief, compressed lyrics marked by dashes, hymn metres and conceptual intensity.
• Both poets explore the self, nature, death and spiritual questions through radically different forms.
• Their contrasting styles helped establish new possibilities for American poetry.
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Question 21
ప్రశ్న 21
How does transcendental thought most clearly influence Whitman's poetry?
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Explanation:
• Transcendental thought emphasizes intuition, spiritual presence in nature and the dignity of the individual.
• Whitman develops these ideas through an expansive self connected with other people and the cosmos.
• Emerson's encouragement and writings were important to Whitman's early reception.
• Whitman nevertheless transforms transcendental ideas into his own bodily, democratic and poetic vision.
• Whitman develops these ideas through an expansive self connected with other people and the cosmos.
• Emerson's encouragement and writings were important to Whitman's early reception.
• Whitman nevertheless transforms transcendental ideas into his own bodily, democratic and poetic vision.
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Question 22
ప్రశ్న 22
Who prepared the first posthumous collection of Dickinson's Poems published in 1890?
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Explanation:
• Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson edited the first posthumous collection of Dickinson's Poems in 1890.
• Early editors regularized punctuation, capitalization and rhyme to fit contemporary expectations.
• Later textual scholarship attempted to recover forms closer to Dickinson's manuscripts.
• The history of publication is essential to understanding how her poetic style was first presented to readers.
• Early editors regularized punctuation, capitalization and rhyme to fit contemporary expectations.
• Later textual scholarship attempted to recover forms closer to Dickinson's manuscripts.
• The history of publication is essential to understanding how her poetic style was first presented to readers.
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Question 23
ప్రశ్న 23
Which of the following statements about the emergence of a distinctive American poetic voice are correct?
1. Whitman used vernacular energy and democratic subject matter.
2. Dickinson transformed hymn rhythms through compression and slant rhyme.
3. Both poets depended entirely on established British poetic conventions.
4. Their formal experiments expanded the possibilities of American lyric poetry.
1. Whitman used vernacular energy and democratic subject matter.
2. Dickinson transformed hymn rhythms through compression and slant rhyme.
3. Both poets depended entirely on established British poetic conventions.
4. Their formal experiments expanded the possibilities of American lyric poetry.
Select an option first. || ముందుగా ఒక సమాధానాన్ని ఎంచుకోండి.
Explanation:
• Statement 1 is correct because Whitman sought a broad, inclusive voice suited to American democracy.
• Statement 2 is correct because Dickinson reshaped familiar hymn and ballad forms through radical compression and near rhyme.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because both poets significantly transformed inherited traditions.
• Statement 4 is correct because their innovations influenced later American and international poetry.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
• Statement 2 is correct because Dickinson reshaped familiar hymn and ballad forms through radical compression and near rhyme.
• Statement 3 is incorrect because both poets significantly transformed inherited traditions.
• Statement 4 is correct because their innovations influenced later American and international poetry.
• Therefore, the correct combination is 1, 2 and 4 only.
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Question 24
ప్రశ్న 24
Which interpretation best explains Dickinson's use of compressed form?
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Explanation:
• Dickinson's compression places complex thought within brief and highly charged verbal structures.
• Omitted connections, dashes, paradox and slant rhyme create ambiguity and interpretive pressure.
• Her short lyrics can engage profound questions of death, belief, identity and knowledge.
• Compression therefore increases rather than removes the reader's interpretive role.
• Omitted connections, dashes, paradox and slant rhyme create ambiguity and interpretive pressure.
• Her short lyrics can engage profound questions of death, belief, identity and knowledge.
• Compression therefore increases rather than removes the reader's interpretive role.
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Question 25
ప్రశ్న 25
Which integrated statement best describes nineteenth-century American poetry as represented by Whitman and Dickinson?
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Explanation:
• Whitman creates an expansive public poetry of democracy, the body, nature and the interconnected self.
• Dickinson develops a compressed lyric voice that tests death, immortality, faith and perception.
• Both poets draw on transcendental and religious contexts while refusing simple doctrinal certainty.
• Their contrasting innovations helped establish a recognizably distinctive American poetic tradition.
• Dickinson develops a compressed lyric voice that tests death, immortality, faith and perception.
• Both poets draw on transcendental and religious contexts while refusing simple doctrinal certainty.
• Their contrasting innovations helped establish a recognizably distinctive American poetic tradition.
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Answer Key సమాధానాల పట్టిక
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Question 1 ప్రశ్న 1Answer: A. Walt Whitman సమాధానం: A.
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Question 2 ప్రశ్న 2Answer: B. 1855 సమాధానం: B.
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Question 3 ప్రశ్న 3Answer: C. Verse without a regular fixed metre or rhyme scheme సమాధానం: C.
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Question 4 ప్రశ్న 4Answer: D. Expansive catalogues of people, places and activities సమాధానం: D.
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Question 5 ప్రశ్న 5Answer: A. An expansive identity that seeks connection with other people and the natural world సమాధానం: A.
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Question 6 ప్రశ్న 6Answer: B. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd సమాధానం: B.
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Question 7 ప్రశ్న 7Answer: C. It is a formally regular elegy using the ship of state as an extended metaphor సమాధానం: C.
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Question 8 ప్రశ్న 8Answer: D. An approximate rhyme in which the sounds correspond imperfectly సమాధానం: D.
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Question 9 ప్రశ్న 9Answer: A. Common metre associated with hymns and ballads సమాధానం: A.
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Question 10 ప్రశ్న 10Answer: B. Immortality సమాధానం: B.
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Question 11 ప్రశ్న 11Answer: C. It interrupts the expected solemnity of death with an ordinary and disturbing presence సమాధానం: C.
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Question 12 ప్రశ్న 12Answer: D. A bird that sings within the soul సమాధానం: D.
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Question 13 ప్రశ్న 13Answer: A. Hand-sewn booklets in which she arranged fair copies of her poems సమాధానం: A.
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Question 14 ప్రశ్న 14Answer: B. Statement I is correct, but Statement II is incorrect సమాధానం: B.
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Question 15 ప్రశ్న 15Answer: C. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 16 ప్రశ్న 16Answer: A. Both Assertion and Reason are correct, and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion సమాధానం: A.
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Question 17 ప్రశ్న 17Answer: D. 1-ii, 2-iv, 3-iii, 4-i సమాధానం: D.
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Question 18 ప్రశ్న 18Answer: B. 1, 2, 3, 4 సమాధానం: B.
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Question 19 ప్రశ్న 19Answer: D. Slant rhyme — complete identity of final vowel and consonant sounds సమాధానం: D.
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Question 20 ప్రశ్న 20Answer: A. Whitman often uses expansive public forms, while Dickinson frequently uses compressed private lyrics సమాధానం: A.
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Question 21 ప్రశ్న 21Answer: C. Through emphasis on intuition, the divine potential of the self and the unity of life సమాధానం: C.
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Question 22 ప్రశ్న 22Answer: B. Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson సమాధానం: B.
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Question 23 ప్రశ్న 23Answer: C. 1, 2 and 4 only సమాధానం: C.
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Question 24 ప్రశ్న 24Answer: A. It concentrates multiple meanings within brief syntax, image and rhythmic disruption సమాధానం: A.
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Question 25 ప్రశ్న 25Answer: D. It creates distinctive American voices through Whitman's expansive democracy and Dickinson's compressed explorations of death, self and immortality సమాధానం: D.