Relationship between literary terms and principles - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1:

• JAMB 2019

"A time to sow,
A time to reap,
A time to born,
A time to die"
This exemplies the use of ...

A. Anadiplosis
B. Chiasmus
C. Anaphora
D. Hendiadys

Question 2:

• JAMB 2019

Read the poem and answer questions
At dawn must I rise to till the rock
That our land has turned into
The land where on we'd gleefully harvested paddy
Planted and nurtured and tended on plots marshy
Our woes are bloody woes of accursed revenges
Of the land spirits aggrieved by paltry human respect
For the life of fellow man by his fellow
Kindred blood has counted for less than no value
Brother's wife has been wife to other brother's brother
Communal loot has emptied our country silos
The earth has stopped breathing and sighed
Soldered tears has the moon shed
The earth was scorched at noon-day night
And our land has turned to hoeing rock.

The run-on lines convey the speaker's_______

A. Lamentation
B. Disappointment
C. Defiance
D. Indignation