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MA English Literature Imagery — practice questions

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Gitanjali's dominant imagery includes:

  1. Industrial machines and labour
  2. War and conquest
  3. Light and music as metaphors for divine presence
  4. Legal codes and courts
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Correct answer: C. Light and music as metaphors for divine presence

1. The collection foregrounds light, songs, harps, and melody as divine figures. 2. Natural elements (flowers, rivers, seasons) extend the imagery. 3. The brief's analysis names these as dominant motifs. _Source: Project Gutenberg #7164 — Tagore's Gitanjali (1912 English edition) — "Light and music pervade the work as metaphors for divine presence"_

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Tagore's dominant natural-element imagery in Gitanjali includes:

  1. Highways and machines
  2. Coal mines and factories
  3. Flowers, rivers, and seasons
  4. Battlefields
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Correct answer: C. Flowers, rivers, and seasons

1. The brief lists 'flowers, rivers, seasons' as the natural-image set. 2. They figure 'spiritual transformation' rather than mere description. 3. Tagore weaves these images through the work. _Source: Project Gutenberg #7164 — Tagore's Gitanjali (1912 English edition) — "natural elements — flowers, rivers, seasons — to explore spiritual transformation"_

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