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The poem 'When a Strainer Takes in Water' is
  • A. a dirge
  • B. an incantation
  • C. an ode
  • D. a lullaby
  • E. a ballad.
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In addition to describing scenes of an African village night, Senghor's poem, 'Nuit de Sine' makes a definite statement about
  • A. black soldiers killed in Europe
  • B. fishermen diving in the sea
  • C. technological development in Africa
  • D. population movement fron rural to urban centres
  • E. communicating with dead ancestors.
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13
We sang that song before
In the thousand seasons of good harvest
And full fish fo0llowing our father's footprints
On the long shores.

A poetic device consciously used by Awoonor in these lines (from more message) is
  • A. apostrophe
  • B. alliteration
  • C. simile
  • D. onomotopoeia
  • E. personification.
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The Yoruba incantatory poem, 'When a Strainer Takes in Water', is meant to be recited in order to
  • A. excape capture
  • B. promote sales
  • C. ensure good harvest
  • D. escape retribution
  • E. prevent road mishaps
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15
The run on' lines in J.P Clark's poem, 'Night Rain', suggest the
  • A. poet's ignorance of punctuation rules
  • B. long duration of that night
  • C. intensity of the darkness of that night
  • D. deep, soothing sleep of the poet under the night rain
  • E. continuous pouring down of the night rain
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