Types Of Poetry - Literatureinenglish Jamb Past Questions and Answers

Question 11 :

• JAMB 1983

'The Fence' (Lenrie Peters) is a

A. Lyrical poem which celebrates the beauty of fences
B. Dramatic poem in which the poet demostrates how to overcome problems
C. Moral poem which deals with the poet's dilemma
D. Free verse which teaches us how to sit on the fence
E. Free verse which says sitting on the fence is admirable.

Question 12 :

• JAMB 2002

This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
Yusuf Kassam's ' Maji Maji is presented as a

A. Traditional poem
B. Narrative poem
C. Lyric
D. Dirge

Question 13 :

• JAMB 2002

This question is based on General Literary Principles
A poem written to celebrate one's wedding is

A. A pastoral
B. An epithalamium
C. A prothalamium
D. A terza rima

Question 14 :

• JAMB 2003

This question is based on General Literary Principles
The form of poetry that celebrates with nostalgia the ideal world of the countryside is referred to as

A. An ode
B. A ballad
C. An elegy
D. A pastoral

Question 15 :

• JAMB 2007

This question is based on General Literary PrinciplesWhich of the following forms of poetry is an example of a monologue?

A. Lament
B. Ode
C. Sonnet
D. Epic