Versification in drama and poetry - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 36:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Poems that are not written in meter or regular line length are called

A. Short verses
B. Rhythmic verses
C. Free verses
D. Irregular verses

Question 37:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'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

Question 38:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A melodramatic play is based on

A. A melodious manipulation of events
B. Ingredients that mllow down events
C. Sensational plot and characters
D. The playwright's didactic overtones

Question 39:

• JAMB 1998

This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Romantic poetry emphasizes

A. The beauty of nature
B. Intimate relationships
C. The love in human nature
D. The romance in human aspirations

Question 40:

• JAMB 1999

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A couplet refers to

A. Two successive lines of rhyming verse
B. Two stanzas that cannot stand alone
C. Four irregular verses in stanzas
D. Poetry that is actd on stage