Poetic devices - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 46:

• JAMB 2012

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
"The drums overwhelmed the guns..."
J.P Clark: Casualties
The poet in the excerpt above uses

A. Litotes
B. Symbolism
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Alliteration

Question 47:

• JAMB 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.
The dominant poetic technique employed in Adeoti's Naked Soles is

A. Hyperbole
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Zeugma
D. Oxymoron

Question 48:

• JAMB 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.
'Since it was you who in all these thin seasons."
The device employed in the line above from Kunene's The Heritage of Liberation, is an example of

A. Anecdote
B. Aside
C. Apostrophe
D. Allusion

Question 49:

• JAMB 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.
"Let me ask for what reason or rhyme
women refuse to marry?
Woman cannot exist except by man,
what is there in that to vex some of them so?
The lines above from Give Me The Minstrel's Seat is an example of

A. Ironical statement
B. Rhetorical question
C. Pathetic fallacy
D. Chiasmus

Question 50:

• JAMB 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.
"Listen...they will tell you...
to beat drums is mere children's play,
the adult's is to start echoes...
The lines above from Launkos' End of the War, enhance the

A. Language of the poem
B. Use of imagery
C. Rhyme of the poem
D. Rythm of the poem