Waec Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

Question 1171:

• WAEC 2016

Read the stanza and answer this question
For days I wept and felt depressed
The one and all I loved had left
But then on me our Bill impressed
'Your love is where she looks bereft'
The rhyme scheme is

A. Abab
B. Aaba
C. Abcc
D. Abbc

Question 1172:

• WAEC 2016

Read the stanza and answer this question
For days I wept and felt depressed
The one and all I loved had left
But then on me our Bill impressed
'Your love is where she looks bereft'
The lines are iambic

A. Pentameter
B. Trimeter
C. Tetrameter
D. Hexameter

Question 1173:

• WAEC 2016

Read the stanza and answer this question
For days I wept and felt depressed
The one and all I loved had left
But then on me our Bill impressed
'Your love is where she looks bereft'
The lines constitute

A. An epic
B. A quatrain
C. An ode
D. A sestet

Question 1174:

• WAEC 2016

''The sun smiled gently on the scene'' illustrates

A. Paradox
B. Euphemism
C. Hyperbole
D. Personification

Question 1175:

• WAEC 2016

The major part of the Petrarch sonnet is the

A. Quintet
B. Sestet
C. Tercet
D. Octave