2014 - JAMB Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 4

'I wonder how long, you awful parasites, Shall
share with me this little bed, And awake me, from
my sweet dreams be lost,By sucking blood from
my poor head...'

Mbure:To a Bed-Bug
From the lines above, the poet persona expresses dismay about

'I wonder how long, you awful parasites, Shall
share with me this little bed, And awake me, from
my sweet dreams be lost,By sucking blood from
my poor head...'

Mbure:To a Bed-Bug

The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpts above is

You
Your head is like a drum that is beaten
for spirits
Your ears are like the fans used for
blowing fire.

The lines above are a good example of

'This thing you are doing is too heavy
for you, he said.'I went to school only a little
but i have killed many more years in this
world than you have.'

G. Okara: The Voice

It can be inferred from the the passage above that the

Based on Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu, the gods are portrayed as

Based on Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu, Orisaye describes Balogun Kusa as

Based on Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu, Erelu is

Based on Femi Osofisan's Women of Owu, Balogun Kusa is killed by a

Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Ariel is identified as

Based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest, Before the shipwreck that occurred at the beginning of the play, Prospero and his daughter lived in the island for