These questions are based on selected poems from Ker,D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed.): Poems of Black Africa; 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. (eds.): West Africa Verse. 'With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness. And three trees on the low sky.' In the excerpt above from Eliot's Journey of the Magi, the dominant literary device is
A. oxymoron B. hyperbole C. alliteration D. personification
