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UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

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''Diversion through Larteh!'' This is the sign in the middle of the road. They have diverted the 24 - Kilometre Mamfe-Aburi-Adenta Road because of the major read works. The Mamfe-Larteh-Adenta diversion makes the journey twice as long. The longer route is the shorter.
\The little jeep flashes past the deserted police checkpoint. The howling wind, like a stretching comb, stretches Kwyeiwa's hair in flapping furrows behind her as she stands clinging to metal support in the back of the open jeep, petrified. The jeep negotiates the hairpin bend below the overhang near Tamara's place at breakneck speed; now it is on the stretch to the Kodiable junction. The little vehicle laps up the distance. Presently the travellers arrive at the last crossroads. Kodiabe lies as the crow flies, Somanya to the left. The jeep turns right towards Accra.

636

"The little vehicle laps up the distance'' conveys the impression of

  • A. leizure
  • B. pleasure
  • C. strength
  • D. speed
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Read the poem and answer the question

In front of the gate, the guard stands with his rifle,
Above, untidy clouds are carrying away the moon,
The bedbugs are swarming around like army tanks on manoeuvers
While the mosquitoes form squadrons, attacking like fighter planes.
My heart travels a thousand miles towards my native land.
My dream interwines with sadness like a stein of a thousand threads,

Innocent, I have endured a whole year in prison
Using my tears for ink, I turn my thoughts into verses.

 

637

The poem is about

  • A. war
  • B. dirt
  • C. travelling
  • D. prison life
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638

The imagery in the first four lines is predominantly

  • A. agricultural
  • B. military
  • C. political
  • D. social
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639

''....a thousand miles'' is an example of

  • A. hyperbole
  • B. irony
  • C. antithesis
  • D. epigram
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640

The poem is written in

  • A. blank verse
  • B. pentameter
  • C. free verse
  • D. trochee
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