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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

The old man slept in his favorite chair
The wind ran its fingers through his hair
He looked like a tree gone dry of sap
And his hands were dry upon his lap
The rhyme scheme of the poet above is

  • A. bbaa
  • B. aabb
  • C. abab
  • D. baba
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This question is based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et ai (eds): New Poetry African: Soyinka W. (ed): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent. T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry, U. Maduka, C. T et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English: Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds): Longman Examination Guides: Nwoga D. I. (ed): West African verse and Adeoti G: Naked Soles.
The excerpt below from Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is an example of

'.... The youthful hue sits on thy skin like a morning dew...'

  • A. Onomatopoeia
  • B. Oxymoron
  • C. Paradox
  • D. Simile
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This question is based on General literacy principles

A poet's use of regular rhythm is known as
  • A. allegory
  • B. assonance
  • C. metre
  • D. onomatopoeia
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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.

That age is best which the first is.
When youth and blood are Warner;
But being spent, the worse ,
and worst Times still succeed the former.
The rhyme scheme is
  • A. abba
  • B. abab
  • C. aabb
  • D. bbaa
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This question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters

The device used by Aaron in the excerpt below is___________

'Now look what we have: a permanent bloom of ugly paper flowers!

  • A. Rhetorical question
  • B. Oxymoron
  • C. Alliteration
  • D. Euphemism
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