POETRY - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 41:

• JAMB 2016

'He says
The medicine gourds are filthy,
And the herb
Are drunk from unhygienic cups

'Okot p Bitek: Song of Lawino


The poet in the lines is saying that

A. The speaker is very hygienic
B. The person referred to takes Western medicine
C. Herbal medicine is dangerous
D. The speaker prefers Western medicine

Question 42:

• JAMB 2016

The dominant literary device in Diop's Vanity is

A. Rhetorical question
B. Allusion
C. Hyperbole
D. Dramatic irony

Question 43:

• JAMB 2016

Hallowell's The Dining Table can be referred to as a

A. Traditional poem
B. A lyric
C. Dramatic monologue
D. Ballad

Question 44:

• JAMB 2016

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


'And by her stood that image of the king in rich apparel, crown and signet-ring'
The image in the lines above in Morris'
The Proud King is

A. Auditory
B. Gustatory
C. Tactile
D. Visual

Question 45:

• JAMB 2016

'But such a tide as moving seems asleep. Too full for sound and foam.

When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.'


The rhyme scheme from Tennyson's cross the Bar is

A. Abac
B. Abba
C. Abab
D. Abcb