In the cold hand of death his mouth was cotton ... - JAMB Literature 1994 Question
"In the cold hand of death...
his mouth was cotton filled, his man-pike
shrunk to a sub-soil grub
his head was hallowed and his brain
on scales-was this a trick to prove
fore-knowledge after death?"
Based on Wole Soyinka's '' Post Mortem, one of the techniques employed by this poet is the use of
his mouth was cotton filled, his man-pike
shrunk to a sub-soil grub
his head was hallowed and his brain
on scales-was this a trick to prove
fore-knowledge after death?"
Based on Wole Soyinka's '' Post Mortem, one of the techniques employed by this poet is the use of
A
juxtaposition
B
rhetoric
C
iambic meter
D
allusions
correct option: a
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