These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST aFRICAN vERSE.
"Let me ask for what reason or rhyme
women refuse to marry?
Woman cannot exist except by man,
what is there in that to vex some of them so?
The lines above from "Give Me The Minstrel's Seat" is an example of
The correct term for this type of expression is indeed a "rhetorical question." The lines pose a question not to seek an answer but to emphasize a point or make a statement, which is a characteristic of rhetorical questions.
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