POETRY - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 341:

• JAMB 2021

'I'll do my best
To woo your lady.'
What is the sincere desire of the person who made the statement above?

A. That she succeeds in winning the love for the master
B. That her best is good enough to win affection
C. That she herself becomes the beloved
D. That she herself wins the love

Question 342:

• JAMB 2021

'The woman whose breast I sucked is gone to the worms, 'Oculi, Orphan'. These lines illustrate the use of

A. Sadism
B. Sophism
C. Satire
D. Euphemism

Question 343:

• JAMB 2021

'If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind?' Shelly, 'Ode to the West Wind'. The literary device used here is

A. An apostrophe
B. An allegory
C. A poetic license
D. A rhetoric