POETRY - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions with Answers

Jamb Literature in English Past Questions

Jamb Past Questions and Answers on POETRY

Question 46:

JAMB 2016

'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.

When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.'

One of the themes of Awoonor's The Anvil and the Hammer is

A. Education
B. Slavery
C. Colonisation
D. Corruption

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Question 47:

JAMB 2016

'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.

When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.'

'And my blood ripples, turns torrent.'

The line above in Okara's Piano and Drums depicts the persona as

A. Smart
B. Sick
C. Weak
D. Strong

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Question 48:

JAMB 2016

According tp Peter's The Panic of Growing Older at twenty a man is

A. Poor
B. Religious
C. Hopeful
D. Frustrated

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Question 49:

JAMB 2016

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Vers and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.

The title of Herbert's The Pulley is an example of

A. Fable
B. Euphemism
C. Allegory
D. Symbolism

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Question 50:

JAMB 2016

This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Adeoti, G: Naked Soles; Hayward, J. (ed); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D. (ed): West African Verse.

The tone of the persona in Blake's The School Boy is that of

A. Fear
B. Fulfillment
C. Contempt
D. Neutrality

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