2013 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 5

These question is based on Literary Appreciation.

"Busy old fool, unruly sun,
Why dost thou thus."

J. Donne:The Sun Rising

From the lines above, the poet sees the sun as

These question is based on Literary Appreciation.

The body perishes, the heart stays young.
The platter wears away with serving food.
No log retains its bark when old,
No lover peaceful while the rival weeps.

The theme of the poem above is

These question is based on Literary Appreciation.

The body perishes, the heart stays young.
The platter wears away with serving food.
No log retains its bark when old,
No lover peaceful while the rival weeps.

From the poem above, "No lover peaceful while the rival weeps" means that

"Will college make you a better Olokun
priest?
Will it make you serve our ancestors
better?
Look at me. An able-bodied, strong-
hearted priest
of Olokun. Did I go to college?"

Grace Osifo: Dizzy

The literary device used in the passage above is

These question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters.

James: Let me swear, woman. And I will swear by my father's coffin that if....

The speaker is referring to

These question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters.

Aaron'...All I need really is a place in an Art school, engineering can go hang itself.

The dominant figure of speech in the excerpt above is

These question is based on J.C. De Graft's Sons and Daughters.

From the play, the character of Aaron represents the

These question is based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

'Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe; A villain that is hither come in spite, To scorn at our solemnity this night.'
The villain in the excerpt above is

These question are based on selected poems from Johnson, R. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds): A Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro M. et al: Exam Focus: Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides: Poetry for Senior Secondray Schools NWOGA, d.i. (ED.) wEST AFRICAN vERSE.

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