POETRY - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 211:

• JAMB 2002

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
'I said I had the tree. It wasn't true. The opposite was true. The tree had me'.
from Robert Frosts ' Wild Grapes' is

A. The adventures of some wild children in the forest
B. The dramatic suspension of a child on a tree
C. The successful climbing of an adventurous boy
D. Reminiscence of man's transcendentalism

Question 212:

• JAMB 2002

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
Arthur Nortje's 'Nightfall' despicts

A. The yearning for self-fulfilment in life
B. The horrors of nightfall
C. The yearning for love
D. Anxiety at nightfall

Question 213:

• JAMB 2002

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A poem written to celebrate one's wedding is

A. A pastoral
B. An epithalamium
C. A prothalamium
D. A terza rima

Question 214:

• JAMB 2003

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The form of poetry that celebrates with nostalgia the ideal world of the countryside is referred to as

A. An ode
B. A ballad
C. An elegy
D. A pastoral

Question 215:

• JAMB 2003

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
In Robert Frost's 'Wild Grapes', the girl's brother throws down grapes in the manner he does to

A. Make his sister have her fill
B. Allow himself time-in-between to eat
C. Make his sister desire to climb the tree
D. Allow hinself to have some fun