Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 551:

• WAEC 2007

Read the extract and answer the question
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began,
So is it now that I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow
The child is father of the man
The rhyme scheme of the poem is

A. Ab cc ac
B. Ac bc ca
C. Ab ca cc
D. Ab ac bc

Question 552:

• WAEC 2007

Read the extract and answer the question
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began,
So is it now that I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow
The child is father of the man
The subject of the extract is

A. Childishness
B. The adverse effects of the rainbow on man
C. The unchanging cycle of nature
D. The adverse effects of old age

Question 553:

• WAEC 2007

Read the extract and answer the question
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began,
So is it now that I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow
The child is father of the man
The literary device used in line 1 is

A. Simile
B. Alliteration
C. Litotes
D. Personification

Question 554:

• WAEC 2007

Read the extract and answer the question
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began,
So is it now that I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow
The child is father of the man
The literary device used in line 6 is an example of

A. Synecdoche
B. Irony
C. Paradox
D. Hyperbole

Question 555:

• WAEC 2007

''Forty hands descended on the devilish head'' illustrates

A. Epigram
B. Synecdoche
C. Metonymy
D. Allegory