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This question is based on selected poems from:

R. Johnson and D. Ker er 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; M. Umukoro and A. Sani et al (eds.) Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

The pervasive mood of the speaker in Mtshali's 'Nightfall in Soweto' is that of

  • A. elation and joy
  • B. terror and insecurity
  • C. darkness and threat
  • D. celebration and freedom
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This question is based on selected poems from:

R. Johnson and D. Ker er 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; M. Umukoro and A. Sani et al (eds.) Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

The stanza form of Mapanje's "When this Carnival Finally Closes" is

  • A. a sonnet
  • B. an irregular verse
  • C. an address
  • D. a free verse
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This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.); Exam Focus: Literature-in-English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.) Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.):West African Verse

The dominant images in Niyi Osundare's "They Too are the Earth" are

  • A. disease, illness and death
  • B. aristocracy, affluence and wealth
  • C. poverty, suffering and the downtrodden
  • D. greed aristocracy and the ambitious
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This question is based on selected poems from: R. Johnson and D. Ker er 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; M. Umukoro and A. Sani et al (eds.) Exam Focus: Literature in English; A.E. Eruvbetine and M. Jibril et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry and E.W. Parker (ed.): A Pageant of Longer Poems.

'... It is not yet dawn
And we wake from one nightmare
To another.'

In these lines from Ojaide's "The Owl Wake Us", the mood is that of a

  • A. terrifying dream
  • B. seemingly endless night
  • C. vicious cycle of oppression
  • D. persona's experience
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This question is based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ds.): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.); Exam Focus: Literature-in-English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.) Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.):West African Verse

In Browning's "My Last Duchess'" the poet persona's attitude toward the Duchess is that of

  • A. anger
  • B. love
  • C. sadness
  • D. scorn
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