POETRY - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 156:

• JAMB 1984

'Thou art the giver of
All that thy creatures love,
Full belly twice a day, clean straw to roll upon;
Every beast great or small
Sleeps at peace in his stall
Thou watchest over all...'
The poem (Animal Farm) refers to

A. Squealer
B. Snowball
C. Napoleon
D. Boxer
E. Clover.

Question 157:

• JAMB 1985

'Serrating down your back and front
Like beak of the sword-fish,
And both your ears, notched
As a bondsman to this house...'
The dominant figure of speech in the above lines from J.P. Clark's 'Abiku' is

A. Onomatopoeia
B. Synecdoche
C. Simile
D. Metaphor
E. Verismilitude.

Question 158:

• JAMB 1985

'... like some fish
Doped out of the deep
I have bobbed up bellywise
From stream of sleep'.
The above lines from 'Night Rain' are intended to emphasize the fact that the speaker

A. Drank like a fishb
B. Took a heavy dose of sleeping pills
C. Slept with his belly facing upwards
D. Dreamt of fish in deep streams
E. Was suddenly roused from sleep.

Question 159:

• JAMB 1985

In Soyinka's 'Abiku', the statement, 'The ripest fruit was saddest', is an example of

A. Metaphysical conceit
B. Equivocation
C. Slasng
D. A paradox
E. A proverb

Question 160:

• JAMB 1985

When David Diop in 'The Vultures' says that 'civilization kicked us in the face' and 'holy water slapped our cringing brows', he is using

A. Slapstick
B. A curse
C. Invective
D. Personification
E. Sacrilege.