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Literature in English 2000 WAEC Past Questions

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UNSEEN POETRY

Read the poem below and answer the question:

Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.

21

The poem says that ''Joy'' is

  • A. for the poor
  • B. natural and satisfying
  • C. artificial and transitory
  • D. for lovers
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22

The dominant device used in presenting ''Joy'' and ''Pleasure'' in the first stanza is

  • A. diction
  • B. oxymoron
  • C. personification
  • D. conceit
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23

The feelings associated with ''Joy'' and ''Pleasure'' in the first stanza is

  • A. rhyme
  • B. euphemism
  • C. assonance
  • D. contrast
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24

''False glare'' refers to

  • A. man-made light
  • B. nature's light
  • C. the moon's light
  • D. the sun's light
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25

''Pleasure's moth'' is an example of a(n)

  • A. irony
  • B. hyperbole
  • C. metaphor
  • D. simile
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