BEGLA-137 Solved Question Paper for the June 2026 term-end exam answers all 9 questions of the official IGNOU Language Through Literature paper, from the Shelley extract to the five literary definitions. Every question on this paper is compulsory, so nothing can be skipped. Two answers are open on this page, and the complete file comes on WhatsApp 9899436384.
BEGLA-137 Language Through Literature: key facts for the June 2026 paper
- Course code: BEGLA-137
- Subject: Language Through Literature
- Programmes: Bachelor of Arts (General), BAG; also BCOMG and BAVTM
- Credits: 6
- Blocks and units: 4 blocks, about 17 units (Block 4 has five, the rest four each)
- Maximum marks: 100
- Duration: 3 hours
- Questions in the June 2026 paper: 9, all compulsory; the only choice is two of four short notes in Q2
- Sample answers on this page: 2 (Q1 and Q6)
- Questions in the paid file: All 9, including the 7 not answered on this page
What the BEGLA-137 Solved Question Paper June 2026 gives you
BEGLA-137 Solved Question Paper June 2026 is our complete answer file for the IGNOU term-end paper of BEGLA-137 Language Through Literature, a 6-credit English course in the Bachelor of Arts (General) programme. The paper ran for 3 hours, carried 100 marks and made all 9 questions compulsory, so a student had no room to skip a weak topic.
This June paper leans hard on named devices and grammar. Apart from Question 1, every question tests one skill by name: sound patterns, figures of speech, modal verbs, word forms, Metonymy, articles, word order, rhetorical devices and literary definitions. Question 1 is the only reading task, built on the opening stanza of Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind.
Because nothing can be skipped, the useful planning question is not which questions to attempt but which order to attempt them in. Four of the nine, Questions 4, 5, 7 and 8, carry 40 marks between them and need fewer than 150 words of writing in total. The paper-pattern section below works that out and says what to do with it.
On this page you can read 2 complete answers, Question 1 on the Shelley extract and Question 6 on Metonymy. The other 7 questions are printed as they appeared in the paper. Their answers sit only in the full file, which we share on WhatsApp 9899436384.
BEGLA-137 sample answers: Shelley extract and Metonymy note
Two BEGLA-137 answers are shown in full below, Question 1 (10 marks) and Question 6 (10 marks), so you can judge the writing before you ask for the file. Both questions follow the June 2026 paper as printed, with the corrected reading in square brackets where the paper carries a slip.
Question 1 Block 1, Unit 4 5 × 2 = 10 marks Reading extract set in 4 of 4 papers
1. Read the extract given below and answer the questions: 10
O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn’s being,
Thou, from whose unseen presence the leaves dead
Are driven, like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing,
Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red,
Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O Thou,
whose [Who] chariotest to their dark wintry bed
The winged seeds, where they lie cold and low,
Each like a corpse within its grave, until
Thine azure sister of the spring shall blow
Her clarion o’er the dreaming earth, and fill
(Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air)
With living hues and odours plain and hill:
With spirit [Wild Spirit], which art moving everywhere;
Destroyer and preserver; hear, oh hear!Name of the poem: Ode to the West Wind. By: Percy Bysshe Shelley. (Reference of the extract: The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 10th ed., Vol. D.)
(i) What two roles does the speaker assign to the West Wind in this stanza? (2)
The speaker gives the West Wind two opposite roles. First, it is a destroyer: it drives the dead leaves before it like ghosts and ends the life of autumn. Second, it is a preserver: it carries the winged seeds to their wintry bed, where they rest safely until spring. Shelley joins both roles in the final line, calling the Wind “Destroyer and preserver”.
(ii) Which rhyme scheme does Shelley use in the above stanza? (2)
Shelley uses terza rima, the interlinked rhyme scheme of Dante, closed by a rhyming couplet. The stanza rhymes ABA BCB CDC DED EE: being, dead, fleeing; red, Thou, bed; low, until, blow; fill, air, hill; everywhere, hear. The middle rhyme of each tercet becomes the outer rhyme of the next, so the stanza is a 14-line terza rima sonnet that pushes forward like the wind itself.
(iii) How does the poem juxtapose ideas of death and rebirth? (2)
The stanza places death and rebirth side by side in one long sentence. Death appears in the dead leaves, the “Pestilence-stricken multitudes”, the “dark wintry bed” and seeds lying “like a corpse within its grave”. Rebirth follows at once: the “azure sister of the spring” blows her clarion, wakes the dreaming earth and fills plain and hill with “living hues and odours”. The grave turns out to be a seedbed.
(iv) Why Shelley addresses the Wind as ‘Destroyer and Preserver’? (2)
Shelley calls the Wind “Destroyer and preserver” because it does both jobs at the same time. By stripping the trees, it destroys the old and decaying life of autumn. By scattering and burying the seeds, it preserves the promise of spring. The phrase also prepares the poem’s later hope, where the speaker asks the Wind to scatter his own words among mankind and renew the world.
(v) How does Shelley depict the leaves? (2)
Shelley depicts the dead leaves as “ghosts from an enchanter fleeing”, driven by a force no one can see. He lists their colours, “Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red”, where “hectic” suggests the feverish flush of a sick person. He then calls them “Pestilence-stricken multitudes”, comparing them to crowds of plague victims. The simile and the disease imagery make autumn feel like an epidemic sweeping the land.
Question 6 Block 2, Units 6 to 8 10 marks about 150 words New topic, not in the 4 papers checked
6. Write a short note on ‘Metonymy’ in about 150 words. 10
Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a thing or an idea is named not directly but through something closely associated with it. The word comes from the Greek metonymia, meaning “change of name”. The link is one of association, not likeness, and that is how metonymy differs from metaphor, which compares two unlike things.
Everyday English is full of it. “The Crown” stands for the monarchy, “the bench” for judges, “New Delhi has announced new rules” for the Government of India, and “the kettle is boiling” for the water inside it. In the famous line “The pen is mightier than the sword”, from Edward Bulwer-Lytton’s play Richelieu (1839), the pen stands for writing and ideas, while the sword stands for military force.
Metonymy is close to synecdoche, but synecdoche uses a part for the whole, while metonymy uses an associated object or idea. Writers use metonymy to make language compact, vivid and memorable.
These two answers were written by our subject team for this page. The full file follows the same depth for every question.
Questions answered only in the full file
The 7 questions below are printed as they appear in the June 2026 paper, with corrected readings in square brackets where the paper carries a slip. No answers, hints or outlines are given here; all of them are answered in the full file.
2. Write short notes in about 150 words each on any two of the following (Give examples): 2 × 10 = 20
(a) Onomatopoeia (b) Assonance (c) Alliteration (d) Rhyme3. Identify and explain figure of speech in the following sentences: 10
(a) Time is a thief.
(b) Her smile was as bright as the sun.
(c) The leaves danced in the breeze.
(d) I’ve told you a million times!
(e) Can you spare your wallet?4. Match the modal verbs/phrases with their meanings: 10
(A) Will be (i) Moral obligation
(B) Ought to (ii) Future certainty
(C) Must be (iii) Hypothetical situations
(D) Can be (iv) Almost certain
(E) Would be (v) Ability, permission5. Complete the sentences by using the correct form of words given: 10
(i) He ............ to Ludhiana. (go)
(ii) Ram never ............ she will do this. (think)
(iii) I ..................... rice for ₹ 10 a kilo. (purchase)
(iv) Rahul ............ a new car yesterday. (buy)
(v) The children played ............ in the park. (happy)
(vi) The storm caused a major ............ outrage [outage]. (electric)
(vii) The playground was filled with the laughter of ............ . (child)
(viii) She ran ............ to catch the bus. (quick)
(ix) His ............ helped me. (strong)
(x) The teacher gave us an ............ . (inform)7. (a) Use correct articles in the following sentences: 5
(i) Sita is eating ............ egg daily.
(ii) Rohit is ............ good boy.
(iii) Nehru was ............ first P.M. of India.
(iv) ............ United States is a strong country.
(v) She’s ............ princess.(b) Unscramble the jumbled up sentences: 5
(i) The pool / enjoy / we / in / swimming.
(ii) The wears / cat / a hot [hat] / funny.
(iii) The loudly / barks / the dog / at strangers.
(iv) The / cold / outside / it’s / so / a / coat / wear.
(v) Playing / soccer / the / field / kids / are / in.8. Name the rhetorical device used in the following sentences: 10
(i) The river snake’s [snakes] it’s [its] way through the mountains.
(ii) Murmuring sound of the water was very attractive.
(iii) I enjoy reading Shakespeare.
(iv) It was the best of time [times], it was the worst of time [times].
(v) They fought like cats and dogs.9. Define the following, giving suitable examples: 2 × 5 = 10
(i) Irony (ii) Paradox (iii) Metaphor (iv) Symbol (v) Imagery
Language Through Literature blocks and units behind each question
BEGLA-137 Language Through Literature is built on 4 blocks, and the June 2026 paper drew most heavily on Block 2, Literary Devices. Questions 2, 3, 6 and 9, worth 50 marks together, test the sound patterns and figures of speech taught in that block.
| Block | Units | Key topics | June 2026 questions | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Block 1: Understanding the Relationship between Language and Literature through Vocabulary | Units 1 to 4 | Literal versus metaphorical meaning; extension of meaning; multiple meanings; study of literary texts | Q1 (reading the Shelley extract) | 10 |
| Block 2: Literary Devices | Units 5 to 8 | Sound patterns such as rhyme and alliteration; figures of speech from simile to synecdoche | Q2, Q3, Q6, Q9 | 50 |
| Block 3: Structure Words | Units 9 to 12 | Articles and other structure words; auxiliaries and modals; structure words in discourse | Q4, Q5, Q7 | 30 |
| Block 4: Rhetorical Devices | Units 13 to 17 | Introduction to rhetoric; structure and style; use of repetition and questions; politeness | Q8 | 10 |
Read the Marks column and the whole revision plan falls out of it. Block 2 is half the paper on its own, Block 3 is nearly a third, and Blocks 1 and 4 are ten marks each. So the order of reading is Block 2 first, Block 3 second, then Blocks 1 and 4 together.
The block titles above follow the official BEGLA-137 course page on eGyanKosh. The course introduction there says the course was adapted from BEGE-101 and that each block has about 4 units, with Block 4 running to five.
Block 3 deserves more time than students usually give it. Modals, articles and word order together earned 30 marks in June 2026, and these answers are either right or wrong, so careful practice turns into marks quickly.
BEGLA-137 June 2026 paper pattern and marks split
The BEGLA-137 Question Paper for June 2026 had 9 compulsory questions worth 100 marks, with Question 2 the only one carrying 20 marks. Every other question was worth 10 marks, and the only internal choice was picking two of four short notes in Question 2.
| Q. No. | What the question asks | Marks | Words to write | Choice |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reading extract: Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind, five parts | 10 (5 × 2) | about 350 | No choice |
| 2 | Short notes with examples on sound devices | 20 (2 × 10) | about 300 | Any 2 of 4 |
| 3 | Identify and explain figure of speech in five sentences | 10 | about 150 | No choice |
| 4 | Match five modal verbs or phrases with meanings | 10 | about 20 | No choice |
| 5 | Correct form of ten given words in sentences | 10 | about 15 | No choice |
| 6 | Short note on Metonymy in about 150 words | 10 | about 150 | No choice |
| 7 | (a) Articles in five sentences; (b) five jumbled sentences | 10 (5 + 5) | about 60 | No choice |
| 8 | Name the rhetorical device in five sentences | 10 | about 40 | No choice |
| 9 | Define five literary terms with examples | 10 (2 × 5) | about 250 | No choice |
| Total | 9 questions, all compulsory | 100 | about 1,350 | 3 hours |
40 marks (Q4, Q5, Q7 and Q8) in about 135 words · the other 60 marks in about 1,200 words
That split is the most useful thing on this page. Question 5 pays roughly 0.67 marks for every word you write and Question 4 about 0.5, while the Shelley extract in Question 1 pays about 0.03. Together Questions 4, 5, 7 and 8 hand you 40 marks, two-fifths of the paper, for fewer than 150 words of writing. Nothing else in the IGNOU English papers we solve comes close to that rate.
Since every question is compulsory, the gain is not in choosing but in sequencing. Do Questions 4, 5, 7 and 8 first and bank 40 marks inside the first twenty-five minutes. Then take Question 6 and Question 2, which are fixed 150-word notes, and leave Questions 1, 3 and 9 for last, since those need thinking time. Students who work straight down from Question 1 often arrive at the grammar items with a quarter of an hour left and lose marks that were there for the taking.
One warning goes with that advice. These short answers carry no partial credit: a wrong article, a wrong modal pairing or a misnamed device scores zero for that item. So bank them early, but check each one before you move on. Comparing this layout with the wider BAG Question Paper set shows how much more grammar-heavy this course is than the literature papers.
BEGLA-137 topics that keep returning in official IGNOU papers
A reading extract, Paradox and word-form exercises appeared in all four official BEGLA-137 papers we checked. We compared the IGNOU papers of December 2022, June 2023, June 2024 and June 2026, all taken from webservices.ignou.ac.in. The last column shows separately where each topic sits in June 2026.
| Topic | Course block | Sessions where it appeared | Count (of 4) | In June 2026? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading extract or passage with short questions | Block 1, Unit 4 | Dec 2022, Jun 2023, Jun 2024, Jun 2026 | 4 | Yes, Q1 (shown here) |
| Paradox (asked in an extract or as a definition) | Block 2, Units 6 to 8 | Dec 2022, Jun 2023, Jun 2024, Jun 2026 | 4 | Yes, Q9(ii) |
| Word forms and verb forms in sentences | Block 1 and Block 3 | Dec 2022, Jun 2023, Jun 2024, Jun 2026 | 4 | Yes, Q5 |
| Figures of speech identified in given sentences | Block 2, Units 6 to 8 | Jun 2023, Jun 2024, Jun 2026 | 3 | Yes, Q3 |
| Onomatopoeia | Block 2, Unit 5 | Jun 2023, Jun 2024, Jun 2026 | 3 | Yes, Q2(a) |
| Rhetoric and rhetorical devices | Block 4 | Dec 2022, Jun 2024, Jun 2026 | 3 | Yes, Q8 |
| Modal verbs matched with meanings | Block 3, Unit 10 | Jun 2024, Jun 2026 | 2 | Yes, Q4 |
| Articles in blank sentences | Block 3, Unit 9 | Jun 2024, Jun 2026 | 2 | Yes, Q7(a) |
| Imagery | Block 2 | Jun 2024, Jun 2026 | 2 | Yes, Q9(v) |
| Prepositions in blank sentences | Block 3 | Dec 2022, Jun 2023 | 2 | Not asked |
| Metonymy | Block 2, Units 6 to 8 | Not asked in the four papers checked | 0 | Yes, Q6 (shown here), first time |
One repeat stands out and is worth acting on directly. The sentence “Can you spare your wallet?” was printed in the IGNOU BEGLA-137 Question Paper of June 2024 and again in June 2026, both times in the figure-of-speech question. Examiners reuse their favourite example sentences here, which means working through the actual sentences in old papers is not just practice but revision of likely content.
The gaps are smaller than on most courses, because June 2026 covered nearly everything. Only one previously set topic was left out: prepositions in blank sentences, asked in December 2022 and June 2023 and absent since. Look at the dates and it reads less like a gap than a swap, since articles took over that slot in June 2024 and June 2026. Prepositions are still worth half an hour of revision, because Block 3’s structure-word question has to come from somewhere and both forms are in the same unit range.
The December 2023, December 2024, June 2025 and December 2025 papers could not be retrieved from the official site for this check, so the counts above cover four papers only, three of them past papers. Use them with our IGNOU Solved Guess Paper lists to decide what to revise first.
How our Language Through Literature answers are written and checked
Each Language Through Literature answer in our file is sized to its marks and checked against the four BEGLA-137 blocks before it reaches you. A 2-mark part gets a short, focused answer, while a 10-mark note runs to about 150 words, matching what the paper asks.
Device questions follow one pattern: name the device, explain how it works in one or two lines, then give a fresh example that is not lifted from the question. This is what examiners look for in Questions 2, 3, 8 and 9.
Quotations are checked against the standard text of the poem, not against the exam paper alone. The June 2026 extract prints “whose chariotest” for Shelley’s “Who chariotest” and “With spirit” for “Wild Spirit”, so we keep IGNOU’s wording and add the corrected reading in square brackets. That way you can recognise the extract in the hall and still quote Shelley correctly in your answer.
Before writing, our team studied earlier BEGLA-137 papers so the answers reflect how IGNOU frames these topics. You can compare our approach with the original papers in the IGNOU Previous Year Question Paper section.
Answers are written by Prateek Talwar and reviewed by Sheetal Kirola. The review checks grammar answers for accuracy, device names against the course blocks and every quotation against the printed extract.
BEGLA-137 solved file index: every question and where it sits
BEGLA-137 is a theory course with no practical or record work, so this index lists all 9 questions, the block each one comes from and where its answer sits. Two answers are on this page and the other 7 are in the full file only.
| Question | Topic | Course unit | Marks | Where the answer is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Shelley extract, five 2-mark parts | Block 1, Unit 4 | 10 | On this page |
| Q2 | Two short notes on sound devices | Block 2, Unit 5 | 20 | Full file only |
| Q3 | Figures of speech in five sentences | Block 2, Units 6 to 8 | 10 | Full file only |
| Q4 | Modal verbs and phrases matching | Block 3, Unit 10 | 10 | Full file only |
| Q5 | Correct forms of ten words | Blocks 1 and 3 | 10 | Full file only |
| Q6 | Short note on Metonymy | Block 2, Units 6 to 8 | 10 | On this page |
| Q7 | Articles and jumbled sentences | Block 3, Units 9 to 12 | 10 | Full file only |
| Q8 | Rhetorical devices in five sentences | Block 4 | 10 | Full file only |
| Q9 | Five literary terms defined with examples | Block 2 | 10 | Full file only |
If you are still working through the blocks themselves, pair this file with our BEGLA-137 Study Material so the theory and the exam answers support each other.
Programmes that include BEGLA-137 Language Through Literature
BEGLA-137 Language Through Literature is part of three IGNOU undergraduate programmes: BAG, BCOMG and BAVTM. The term-end paper is set by course code, so all three groups sit the same BEGLA-137 paper.
Most students meet this course in the Bachelor of Arts (General) programme, where the June 2026 paper was printed under the BAG heading. Bachelor of Commerce (General) BCOMG students take it as their English course, and Bachelor of Arts (Vocational Studies) Tourism Management BAVTM students take it too.
One caution about the title. IGNOU also runs BEGE-101, an older Bachelor’s Degree Programme elective printed as “Language Through Literature / From Language to Literature”, and eGyanKosh says BEGLA-137 was adapted from it. The two share a title and much of their content, but they are different course codes with different papers: BEGE-101 uses a two-section essay format, while BEGLA-137 sets nine compulsory questions. Check the code on your hall ticket before you order.
Because the course mixes literature with grammar, commerce and tourism students often find the device questions harder than the grammar ones. The solved file explains each device in plain English with simple examples, which helps students without an English literature background.
How to get the full BEGLA-137 Solved Question Paper on WhatsApp
Message WhatsApp 9899436384 to get the full BEGLA-137 Solved Question Paper June 2026, with answers to all 9 questions including the 7 not shown here. Mention the code BEGLA 137 and the June 2026 session so our team sends the right file.
Our team replies with the price and payment details. Once payment is confirmed, the file is shared as a PDF on the same chat, so you can start revising the Shelley extract, the device notes and the grammar questions straight away.
BEGLA-137 Language Through Literature FAQs
These answers cover the questions students most often ask about the BEGLA-137 June 2026 paper and our solved file.
What does the BEGLA-137 solved paper for June 2026 contain?
It contains complete answers to all 9 questions of the IGNOU June 2026 BEGLA-137 Language Through Literature paper. That covers the Shelley extract, sound devices, figures of speech, modal verbs, word forms, Metonymy, articles, jumbled sentences, rhetorical devices and five literary definitions. Two of these answers, Question 1 and Question 6, are shown in full on this page so you can check our quality first.
How do I get the full BEGLA-137 Language Through Literature answers on WhatsApp?
Send a message to WhatsApp 9899436384 with the code BEGLA 137 and the session June 2026. Our team replies with the price and payment details, and shares the IGNOU BEGLA-137 Solved Question Paper as a PDF once payment is confirmed. The file has answers to all 9 questions, which means the 7 questions not answered on this page plus the 2 samples shown here.
Which BEGLA-137 questions are answered on this page?
Question 1 and Question 6 of the BEGLA-137 June 2026 paper are answered in full here. Question 1 is the 10-mark extract from Shelley's Ode to the West Wind with five 2-mark parts, and Question 6 is the 10-mark short note on Metonymy. Questions 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9 are printed as question text only, and their answers are kept for the full file.
How many questions and marks are in the BEGLA-137 June 2026 paper?
The BEGLA-137 June 2026 paper has 9 questions, all compulsory, for 100 marks in 3 hours. Question 2 carries 20 marks and asks for any two of four short notes. Every other question carries 10 marks, and Question 7 is split into two 5-mark parts on articles and jumbled sentences. There is no internal choice outside Question 2, so the whole paper has to be attempted.
Which BEGLA-137 questions should I answer first?
Questions 4, 5, 7 and 8. Between them they carry 40 marks, two-fifths of the paper, and need fewer than 150 words of writing: a matching exercise, ten one-word blanks, five articles with five jumbled sentences, and five device names. Question 5 alone pays roughly 0.67 marks per word against the Shelley extract's 0.03. Bank those 40 marks in the first twenty-five minutes, then do the two 150-word notes, and leave Questions 1, 3 and 9 for last because they need thinking time. Check each short answer before moving on, since there is no partial credit on them.
Which BEGLA-137 Language Through Literature topics repeat in IGNOU papers?
Across the four official IGNOU papers we checked, December 2022, June 2023, June 2024 and June 2026, a reading extract, Paradox and word-form exercises appeared every time. Onomatopoeia, figures of speech in sentences and rhetorical devices each appeared in three papers. The sentence about sparing a wallet was printed in both June 2024 and June 2026, so revising old papers clearly pays off. Prepositions, set in the two oldest papers, are the one topic June 2026 left out.
How many blocks and credits does BEGLA-137 Language Through Literature have?
BEGLA-137 Language Through Literature is a 6-credit course divided into 4 blocks on eGyanKosh. Block 1 links language and literature through vocabulary, Block 2 covers literary devices, Block 3 covers structure words such as articles and auxiliaries, and Block 4 covers rhetorical devices. Course descriptions say each block has about 4 units with Block 4 running to five, which is roughly 17 units across the course.
Is BEGLA-137 the same course as BEGE-101?
No, although they are closely related. The eGyanKosh course introduction says BEGLA-137 was adapted from BEGE-101, and both are printed with the title Language Through Literature, so the content overlaps a great deal. But they are separate course codes with separate papers: BEGE-101 belongs to the older Bachelor's Degree Programme and uses a two-section essay format, while BEGLA-137 belongs to BAG, BCOMG and BAVTM and sets nine compulsory questions. Buy the file that matches the code on your hall ticket, not the one that matches the title.
Which programmes include BEGLA-137 Language Through Literature?
BEGLA-137 Language Through Literature is studied in the IGNOU Bachelor of Arts (General) BAG programme, and it is also taken by Bachelor of Commerce (General) BCOMG and Bachelor of Arts (Vocational Studies) Tourism Management BAVTM students. The term-end paper is set by course code, so students of all these programmes sit the same BEGLA-137 paper and can use the same solved file.
Are the BEGLA-137 answers written from the IGNOU course blocks?
Yes. Every BEGLA-137 answer is planned against the four IGNOU blocks, so device definitions, examples and grammar rules follow the course material rather than random web notes. Answers are written by Prateek Talwar and reviewed by Sheetal Kirola. Length follows the marks: about 150 words for 10-mark notes and short, exam-sized answers for 2-mark parts.
About the authors
Prateek Talwar is Academic Head at Unnati Educations and writes the IGNOU solved question paper series for the English discipline. He has worked with IGNOU BDP, BAG, BAM and BAEGH students for over a decade on term-end exam preparation and assignment writing.
Sheetal Kirola reviews the English papers at Unnati Educations. She checks grammar answers against standard usage, verifies device names and quotations against the course blocks and the standard text of each poem, and confirms that each answer matches the marks the paper allots.