Main text of all poems included in “Introduction to Poetry” course in the syllabus of First Year of Department of English, National University, Bangladesh.

  Student life in National University of Bangladesh especially, the students who has chosen English literature as their subject, is beset with various troubles. One of them is not getting studying resources easily available. In the beginning of new academic year, we all feel interested toward the new texts of new class. Unfortunately, it’s often takes some time to avail new books at hand. And the more the time prolongs, the more we lose our interest and passion for new text. So I’ve decided to post all text from syllabus of all four years....

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'Ode on the Lungi' by Kaiser Haq

Ode on the Lungi by Kaiser Haq is the only poem from any Bangladeshi writer included in the first year syllabus. Student are to study the poem as a part of their 'Introduction to Poetry' course. In the poem Professor Dr. Kaiser M. H. Haq appreciate lungi for it's worldwide familiarity, utility and effectiveness as a popular dress. He urges it's equal regard like other regular dresses.   Ode on the Lungi by Kaiser...

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‘Snake’ by D. H. Lawrence

Snakeby D. H. Lawrence A snake came to my water-troughOn a hot, hot day, and I in pyjamas for the heat,To drink there.In the deep, strange-scented shade of the great dark carob-treeI came down the steps with my pitcherAnd must wait, must stand and wait, for there he was at the trough beforeme.He reached down from a fissure in the earth-wall in the gloomAnd trailed his yellow-brown slackness soft-bellied down, over the edge ofthe stone tro...

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Fern Hill by Dylan Thomas

Now as I was young and easy under the apple boughs About the lilting house and happy as the grass was green, The night above the dingle starry, Time let me hail and climb Golden in the heydays of his eyes, And honoured among wagons I was prince of the apple towns And once below a time I lordly had the trees and leaves Trail with daisies and barley Down the rivers of the windfall light....

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"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth (From Collection of Fifteen Poems of "introduction to Poetry" course of First year.

I wandered lonely as a cloudby William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly danc...

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No Second Troy by William Butler Yeats

No Second Troyby William Butler Yeats WHY should I blame her that she filled my days With misery, or that she would of late Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways, Or hurled the little streets upon the great. Had they but courage equal to desire? What could have made her peaceful with a mind That nobleness made simple as a fire, With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind That is not natural in an age like this, Being high and solitary and most stern? Why, what could she have done, being what she is? Was there another Troy for her...

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‘How Do I Love Thee?’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How Do I Love Thee?Elizabeth Barrett Browning How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace. I love thee to the level of every day's Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love with a passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith....

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OZYMANDIAS by Percy Bysshe Shelley (from 'Introduction to Poetry' course of First years hons. English Literature, National Univeristy of Bangladesh)

OZYMANDIASPercy Bysshe Shelley I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed. And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains....

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DELIGHT IN DISORDER by Robert Herrick

DELIGHT IN DISORDERby Robert Herrick A SWEET disorder in the dress Kindles in clothes a wantonness : A lawn about the shoulders thrown Into a fine distraction : An erring lace which here and there Enthrals the crimson stomacher : A cuff neglectful, and thereby Ribbons to flow confusedly : A winning wave (deserving note) In the tempestuous petticoat : A careless shoe-string, in whose tie I see a wild civility : Do more bewitch me than when art Is too precise in every part....

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Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost

The poem ‘ Stopping By Woods on a   Snowy Evening’ is considered one of the best poems of Robert Frost. It’s included in the 4 credit course “Introduction to poetry”. It’s one of the best poems both by lucidity of language and significant of meaning included in first year.   Stopping By Woods on a Snowy EveningRobert Frost Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse...

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Because I could not stop for death by Emily Dickinson (from first year, introduction to poetry, department of English, national university, Bangladesh.

Because I could not stop for death by Emily Dickinson Because I could not stop for Death,He kindly stopped for me;The carriage held but just ourselvesAnd Immortality.We slowly drove, he knew no haste,And I had put awayMy labour, and my leisure too,For his civility.We passed the school where children played,Their lessons scarcely done;We passed the fields of gazing grain,We passed the setting sun.We paused before a house that seemedA swelling of the ground;The roof was scarcely visible,The cornice but a mound.Since then 'tis centuries; but...

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Pike by Ted Hughes (from first year, introduction to poetry, department of English, national university, Bangladesh.

The poem ‘Pike' by Ted Hughes is one of the fifteen poems form ‘Introduction to Poetry’ course of First year. The poem is one of the specimen of modern poetry that has been included in first year syllabus of first year, national university Bangladesh. PikeTed Hughes Pike, three inches long, perfect Pike in all parts, green tigering the gold. Killers from the egg: the malevolent aged grin. They dance on the surface among the flies. Or move, stunned by their own grandeur, Over a bed of emerald, silhouet...

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THE GOOD-MORROW by John Donne (from first year, introduction to poetry, department of English, national university, Bangladesh.

The poem ‘The Good Morrow’ is a representative of Metaphysical poetry included if first year syllabus. It’s the only poem form John Donne or Metaphysical in “Introduction to Poetry Course’. Here is the Main Text of the poem. Supporting material like word meaning, paraphrase, questions and answers will be added soon to aid better comprehension of the poem.   THE GOOD-MORROWby John Donne I WONDER by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we loved ? were we not wean'd till then ? But suck'd on country pleasures, childishly ? Or snorted...

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To Autumn by John Keats (included in First Year in Dept. of English Literature under National University, Bangladesh)

Introduction to Poetry (First Year, Department of English, National University, Bangladesh: To Autumn by John Keats (From Fifteen Poems)  The poem ‘To Autumn’ is one of the fifteen poem included in the syllabus of Dept. of English, National University, Bangladesh. Students read it as a part of their ‘Introduction To Poetry’: 4 credit course. This is the only poem of John Keats in First Year. The poem mainly resembles Keats most known side: his Sensuousness. the poem is as follows: To AutumnJohn Keats....

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‘Sonnet 18’ or ‘Shall I compare thee’ by William Shakespeare

Shall I Compere Thee or Sonnet 18 is one of the fifteen poems included in 'Introduction to Poetry' course in 4 year Hons. Syllabus of Department of English of National University, Bangladesh.  The poem's been included mainly to introduce students with Shakespeare's poetry. It's one of the best specimen of Shakespearean Sonnet. To understand Shakespeare in upcoming years (ie. second yeare, third year etc)  proper comprehension of the  poem is very important. the poetry is as follows: Shall I Compare Thee...

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‘Aunt Jennifer's Tigers’ by Adrienne Rich

Aunt Jennifer's Tigers by Adrienne Rich Aunt Jennifer's tigers prance across a screen,Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.They do not fear the men beneath the tree;They pace in sleek chivalric certainty. Aunt Jennifer's finger fluttering through her woolFind even the ivory needle hard to pull.The massive weight of Uncle's wedding bandSits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer's hand. When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lieStill ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.The tigers in the panel that she madeWill go on prancing, proud and...

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Second years honours syllabus (effective form session 2009-2010) for national university Bangladesh.

This post provides an in page syllabus (effective form session 2009-10) Honours 2nd year, Dept. of English, National University, Bangladesh. If you want this syllabus in pdf format download it form here. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National University   Subject: English Syllabus for Four Year B. A Honours Course Effective from the Session: 2009-2010 Year wise courses and marks distribution. Second Year Course Code...

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