Waec Literature in English 2010 Past Questions and Answers

Question 6:

• WAEC 2010

The recurrence of rhythmic pattern of stress in a poem is

A. Couplet
B. Metre
C. Consonance
D. Strophe

Question 7:

• WAEC 2010

A poem written in praise of someone or something is

A. A ballad
B. An epic
C. A sonnet
D. An ode

Question 8:

• WAEC 2010

Read the poem and answer the question
''No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Then you shall hear the surly sullen bell
Give warning to the world that I am fled
from this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell''
The mood of the poet is one of

A. Anger
B. Humour
C. Metancholy
D. Gaiety

Question 9:

• WAEC 2010

Read the poem and answer the question
''No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Then you shall hear the surly sullen bell
Give warning to the world that I am fled
from this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell''
The poet uses

A. Eye-rhyme
B. Run-on-lines
C. End-stopped-lines
D. Internal rhyme

Question 10:

• WAEC 2010

Read the poem and answer the question
''No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Then you shall hear the surly sullen bell
Give warning to the world that I am fled
from this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell''
The rhyming pattern of the lines is

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