Poetic devices - Jamb Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.


That age is best which the first is.
When youth and blood are Warner;
But being spent, the worse ,
and worst Times still succeed the former.
The rhyme scheme is

A. Abba
B. Abab
C. Aabb
D. Bbaa

Question 17:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.


The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of
'.... The youthful hue/sits on thy skin like a morning dew...'

A. Onomatopoeia
B. Oxymoron
C. Paradox
D. Simile

Question 18:

• JAMB 2015

The use of sound pattern to suggest meaning in poetry is

A. Lyric
B. Lullaby
C. Mimic
D. Rhythm

Question 19:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

In Williams Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on it',
There's something in me that
reproves my fault. But such a headstrong potent fault it is That it but mocks reproof.'
A heart of stone in the lines above is an example of

A. Assonance
B. Metaphor
C. Litotes
D. Antonym

Question 20:

• JAMB 2015

This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.

The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

The figure of speech in the line below from Acquah's In the Navel of the Soul is 'We would be believing we dreamt it'

A. Assonance
B. Antithesis
C. Apostrophe
D. Alliteration