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Read the following poem, and answer the question that follow (96-100)
‘This was Mr bleaney’s room he stayed
The whole time he was at the bodies, till
They moved him, ‘flowered curtains, thin and frayed,
Fall to within five inches of the sill.
Whose window shows a strip of building land,
Tussocky littered. ‘Mr bleaney’s took
My bit of garden properly in hand.’
Bed, upright chair, sixty-watt bulb, no book
Behind the door, no room for books or bags—
‘I’ll take it. ‘So it happens that I lie
Where Mr bleaney lay, and stub my fags
On the same saucer-souvenir, and try
Stuffing my ears with cotton, wool, to drown
The jabbering set he egged her on yo buy,
I know his habits——what time he came down’
His preference for sauce to gravy, why
He kept on plugging at the four aways__
Likewise their yearly frame: the Frinton folk
Who put him up for summer holidays
And Christmas at his sister’s house in stoke
But if he stood and watched the frigid wind
Tousling the clouds, lay on the fusty bed
Telling himself that this was home, and grinned,
And shivered, without shaking off the dread
That how we live measures our own nature,
And at his age having no more to show
Than one hired box should make him pretty sure
He warranted no better, I don’t know.
Philip Larkin


The poem, ‘Mr bleaney’, is written in a ______form.

Options

A

Satirical

B

Lyrical

C

Dramatic

D

Philosophical

Correct Answer :

Dramatic

Solution :

The correct option is Dramatic.

Philip Larkin's poem "Mr Bleaney" is written in a dramatic form, specifically structured around a dramatic framework. In literature, a dramatic monologue or poem involves a speaker addressing a silent listener (or the reader) in a specific, situated moment of time, revealing their inner character, conflicts, and reflections through their observations of their immediate surroundings.


In "Mr Bleaney," the speaker rents a room previously occupied by the eponymous Mr. Bleaney. As the speaker examines the sparse and mundane details of the room—such as the frayed flowered curtains, the sixty-watt bulb, and the lack of space for books—he begins to inhabit Bleaney's life, even adopting some of his daily habits. This physical space serves as a dramatic stage where the speaker confronts his own fears of mediocrity and mortality. The progression from external observation of a physical setting to deep, existential self-analysis is a hallmark of dramatic poetic structures, making "Dramatic" the correct form of the poem.

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