POETRY - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 316:

• JAMB 2012

These qustion is based on selected poems from Johnson, R, et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; 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 Examination Guides; Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.
The theme of Cope's Sonnet VII is

A. Art of poetry
B. Adventure
C. Contempt for literature
D. Isolation

Question 317:

• JAMB 2012

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A literary work in which the characters and events are used as symbols is known as

A. Characterization
B. Allegory
C. Metaphor
D. Paralellism

Question 318:

• JAMB 2012

This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
The old man slept in his favourite chair
The wind ran its fingers through his hair
He looked like a tree gone dry of sap
And his hands were dry upon his lap
The rhyme a scheme of the poem above is

A. Bbaa
B. Aabb
C. Abab
D. Baba

Question 319:

• JAMB 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.
The dominant poetic technique employed in Adeoti's Naked Soles is

A. Hyperbole
B. Onomatopoeia
C. Zeugma
D. Oxymoron

Question 320:

• JAMB 2013

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.
'Since it was you who in all these thin seasons."
The device employed in the line above from Kunene's The Heritage of Liberation, is an example of

A. Anecdote
B. Aside
C. Apostrophe
D. Allusion