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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A line or a group of lines repeated in the course of a poem is called
  • A. chorus
  • B. refrain
  • C. repetition
  • D. prologue
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
Limerick is a light verse which consist of five lines that are

  • A. anapestic
  • B. trochaic
  • C. spondaic
  • D. dactylic
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A short narrative or lyrical poem intended to be sung is a

  • A. leich
  • B. lay
  • C. lauda
  • D. letrilla
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This question is based on General Literary Principles.

A figurative device in which a statement is made and then withdrawn is referred to as

  • A. metanoia
  • B. metaphysical
  • C. metalanguage
  • D. metalepsis
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

'You do not have to be brutal to be a soldier, or rather you are brutal not because you are a soldier, but because there is a murderer in you who is waiting for war and army uniforms to give them expression.'

Festus lyayi:Heroes

The speaker here contends that

  • A. soldiers are generally wicked
  • B. human nature has to do with a profession
  • C. soldiers are characteristically gentle
  • D. the latent brutality in man finds expression in war
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