Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 981:

• WAEC 2013

Read the poem and answer the question
I'm going soldering:Mad the rhythm runs
With drumming and with trumpeting
And glory of the guns.
I've come home again:
I know that blood is red;
I know how sodden falls the rain
Where flesh lies dead.
''Mad the rhythm runs'' is an example of

A. Pathos
B. Oxymoron
C. Bathos
D. Inversion

Question 982:

• WAEC 2013

Read the poem and answer the question
I'm going soldering:Mad the rhythm runs
With drumming and with trumpeting
And glory of the guns.
I've come home again:
I know that blood is red;
I know how sodden falls the rain
Where flesh lies dead.
The rhyme scheme in the first stanza is

A. Aabb
B. Abab
C. Abbaa
D. Aabc

Question 983:

• WAEC 2013

Read the poem and answer the question
I'm going soldering:Mad the rhythm runs
With drumming and with trumpeting
And glory of the guns.
I've come home again:
I know that blood is red;
I know how sodden falls the rain
Where flesh lies dead.
The dominant sound device in the second stanza is

A. Alliteration
B. Assonance
C. Onomatopeia
D. Repetition

Question 984:

• WAEC 2013

Read the poem and answer the question
I'm going soldering:Mad the rhythm runs
With drumming and with trumpeting
And glory of the guns.
I've come home again:
I know that blood is red;
I know how sodden falls the rain
Where flesh lies dead.
The two contrasting moods in the poem is are

A. Sadness and hope
B. Bravery and cowardice
C. Excitement and disappointment
D. Calmness and anxiety

Question 985:

• WAEC 2013

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: The Tempest
Read the extract and answer the question
Thou liest, most ignorant monster! I am in case to justle a constable. Why, thou deboshed fish, thou, was there ever man a coward that hath drunk so much sack as I today. Wilt thou tell a monstrous lie, being but half a fish and half a monster?
(act 111, scene two lines 23-27)
The speaker is

A. Stephano
B. Caliban
C. Trinculo
D. Adrian