2005 - WAEC Literature Past Questions and Answers - page 2

The metrical pattern in, ''In mist or cloud, On mast or shroud'' is

Which of the following is a praise poem?

Poetry that avoids the use of regular metre is

The mood in ''Nothing so true as what you once let fall Most women have no characters at all'' is

Rhyming words

He sits under the bough utters a loud cough, wipes his sweating brow and gives the dog a blow. The extract illustrates......rhyme

''Death be not proud'' illustrates

Lines that usualling have a set pattern of metre and rhyme constitute

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the passage below and answer the question

Tell me not (sweet) I am unkinde,
That from the Nunnerie
of thy chaste breast and quiet minde,
To warre and Armes I flie.

True, a new Mistresse now I chase,
The first Foe in the field;
And with a stronger faith imbrace,
A Sword, a Horse, a Shield.
Yet this Inconstancy is such,
As you too shall adore;
I could not love thee (Deare) so much,
Lov'd I not Honour more.

The dominant device used is

UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY

Read the passage below and answer the question

Tell me not (sweet) I am unkinde,
That from the Nunnerie
of thy chaste breast and quiet minde,
To warre and Armes I flie.

True, a new Mistresse now I chase,
The first Foe in the field;
And with a stronger faith imbrace,
A Sword, a Horse, a Shield.
Yet this Inconstancy is such,
As you too shall adore;
I could not love thee (Deare) so much,
Lov'd I not Honour more.

The reference to ''......the Nunnerie of thy chaste breast'' suggests that the woman is being