Post Utme Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 506:

Among rocks. I am the loose one: among arrows. I am the heart among daughters. 1 am the recluse. among sons. the one who dies young.

What kind of repetition is used in the extract?

A. Anaphora
B. Single word repetition
C. Line repetition
D. Phrase repetition

Question 507:

Among rocks. I am the loose one: among arrows. 1 am the heart among daughters. 1 am the recluse. among sons. the one who dies young.

Apart from emphasis. what other effect does the repetition have?

A. Make the poem rhythmical
B. Makes the poem tedious
C. Makes the poem monotonous
D. Makes the poem exhilarating

Question 508:

The following liens from the poem Western wind, when will thou blow? Is an example of ____________

A. Rhetorical question
B. Caesura
C. Alliteration
D. Nature imagery

Question 509:

Identify the odd one out of these types of imagery

A. Visual imagery
B. Tactile imagery
C. Synaesthesia
D. Literal imagery

Question 510:

When a poet uses mainly soft vowel sounds in a poem. the texture of the poem is ____________

A. Mellifluous
B. Harsh
C. Assonantal
D. Neutral