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This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

''O incomprehensible God!

Shall my pilot be''

These lines in Okara''s ''The Call of the River Nun'' reveal a religious undertone which also expresses the

  • A. mystery of existence
  • B. omnipotence of God
  • C. duality of life
  • D. inevitability of death
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This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
In Mtshalis 'The Washerwoman's Prayer' the condition of the woman is portrayed through

  • A. irony
  • B. juxtaposition
  • C. comparison
  • D. metaphor
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This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
What is the poet-persona's feeling for the reaper in Wordsworth's 'The Solitary Reaper'?

  • A. Pity
  • B. Admiration
  • C. Hatred
  • D. Delight
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This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
Browning's 'My Last Duchess'is

  • A. an epic
  • B. a sonnet
  • C. an elegy
  • D. a lyric
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This question is based on selected poems from D. Ker, C. Maduka et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa, Wole Soyinka (ed.): Poems of Black Africa, K.E. Senanu and T. Vincent (eds.): A Selection of African Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.
'I cannot rest from travel; I will drink life to the lees.'The lines above from Tennyson's 'Ulysses' reveal the persona as

  • A. adventurous
  • B. drunken
  • C. lively
  • D. restive
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