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... not touching subjects of general appeal like Johnson & Gray, he goes more widely a field than Pope, dealing with foreign countries in the Traveller, with the rural life of an Irish village in the Deserted Village. [There is a sort of natural lyrical power in Goldsmith which is always breaking through the restraints of the mechanical metre & style he chose to adopt.] 4 Churchill reverted to Pope far ...

... Describe the career of Goldsmith, or of a typical man of letters during this period. 3) Estimate Goldsmith as a poet. 4) Describe briefly the subject & character of the following poems; the Deserted Village, the Traveller, Retaliation. 5) What rank would you assign to Churchill among English satirists? Give your reasons for your answer. 6) Describe briefly the subject & character of the Rosciad ...