POETRY - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 26:

• JAMB 2018

Use the following excerpt to answer the question.
"I wonder how long, you awful parasites,
Shall share with me this little bed.
And awake me. from my sweet dreams be lost,
Sucking blood from my poor head...
Mbure: "To Bed-Bug"

The poet persona expresses dismay about________

A. Bet
B. Cockroaches
C. Grasshoppers
D. Light opera

Question 27:

• JAMB 2018

Use the following excerpt to answer the question.
"I wonder how long, you awful parasites,
Shall share with me this little bed.
And awake me. from my sweet dreams be lost,
Sucking blood from my poor head...
Mbure: "To Bed-Bug"
The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is________

A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole

Question 28:

• JAMB 2017

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


Tennyon's Crossing the Bar is ________?

A. A celebration of life
B. An appreciation of nature
C. A demystication of death
D. A celebration of the final passage

Question 29:

• JAMB 2017

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


The mood of Peter's The Panic of Growing Older can be described as _______?

A. Sober
B. Boastful
C. Defiant
D. Languid

Question 30:

• JAMB 2017

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

“... where guerillas walk the land while crocodiles surf”


The lines above in Hallowelps The Dining Table signify _______?

A. Danger
B. Calmness
C. Pity
D. Saddness