Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 266:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.


The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of


'As if men hung here unbloom,
Their mildewed buds of love like pollen
Late caught, damp in a swollen...'
The sound devise in the stanza above from Kalu Uka's 'Earth to Earth is

A. Onomatopoeia
B. Repetition
C. Rhythm
D. Rhyme

Question 267:

• JAMB 2015

Travelogue is a work of art written

A. By a famous playwright
B. Before the death of the author
C. By an unpopular novelist
D. On a journey

Question 268:

• JAMB 2015

Sweet smile in time of snarl
gives pride in spite of sneer
sing, rid this world of despair
and save, a snared heart from
cascading stream of strife

The dominant rhetorical device in the excerpt above is

A. Rhyme
B. Alliteration
C. Chiasmus
D. Onomatopoeia

Question 269:

• JAMB 2015

Narrative poem indicates that the poet is attempting to

A. Preach a sermon
B. Tell a story
C. Summarize a story
D. Describe a place

Question 270:

• JAMB 2015

The use of sound pattern to suggest meaning in poetry is

A. Lyric
B. Lullaby
C. Mimic
D. Rhythm