Poetic devices - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• JAMB 2019

Use the extract below to answer questions
Line 1: My heart leaps up when I behold
Line 2: A rainbow in the sky
Line 3: so was it when my life began
Line 4: so is it now
Line 5: so is it when I have grown
Line 6: the child is the father of the man.


The rhyme scheme of the poem is_________

A. Acbcca
B. Abccdc
C. Abcacc
D. Abacbc

Question 7:

• JAMB 2019

"Nightfall! Nightfall!! You are my mortal enemy". The dominant figure of speech above is a/an________

A. Ode
B. Apostrophe
C. Allusion
D. Metaphor

Question 8:

• JAMB 2018

"The drum overwhelmed the guns..." J.P Stark: "Casualties"

The poet in the excerpt above uses

A. Litotes
B. Symbolism
C. Onomatopoeia
D. Aliteration

Question 9:

• JAMB 2018

"... They do not see the funeral plies, At home eating up the forests..." J.P Clark: “Casualties"
The imagery created in the above excerpt is achieved through______

A. Metaphor
B. Personification
C. Synecdoche
D. Metonymy

Question 10:

• JAMB 2018

Use the following excerpt to answer the question.
"I wonder how long, you awful parasites,
Shall share with me this little bed.
And awake me. from my sweet dreams be lost,
Sucking blood from my poor head...
Mbure: "To Bed-Bug"
The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is________

A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Personification
D. Hyperbole