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Literature in English
JAMB 1981
From the novel; Selected Poems from: New Poetry from Africa; Poems of Black Africa; A Selection of African Poetry; Exam Focus: Literature-in-English; Longman Examination Guides; West African Verse

The clouds were thickening in the red sky
And night and charmed
A black power into the pounding waves...'
The figure of speech used in these lines from Kwesi
Brew's 'The Sea Eats Our Land's is

  • A. oxymoron
  • B. personification
  • C. metaphor
  • D. simile
  • E. synecocdoche.
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Correct Answer: Option B
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