Jamb Literature In English Questions
Question 41:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
The figure of speech in which a poet implicitly compares an object or idea with another totally different object or idea is called a
View Answer & ExplanationThe figure of speech in which a poet implicitly compares an object or idea with another totally different object or idea is called a
Question 42:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'what time night it is
I do not know
Except that like some fish
Doped out of the deep
I have bobbed up bellywise'.
J.P. Clark, 'Night Rain'
Which of the following figures of speech is employed above ?
View Answer & Explanation'what time night it is
I do not know
Except that like some fish
Doped out of the deep
I have bobbed up bellywise'.
J.P. Clark, 'Night Rain'
Which of the following figures of speech is employed above ?
Question 43:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
A figure of speech in which an absent person or an object is addressed as if present is referred to as
View Answer & ExplanationA figure of speech in which an absent person or an object is addressed as if present is referred to as
Question 44:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
When a writer refers to past events to throw light on current ones he is employing
View Answer & ExplanationWhen a writer refers to past events to throw light on current ones he is employing
Question 45:
This question is based on General Literary Principles.
'I love to pass my fingers,
As tide through weeds of the sea
And wind the tall fern-fronds
Through the strands of your hair
Dark as night that screens the naked moon.'
J.P. Clark, 'Olokun'
The dominant poetic techniques employed in the lines above is
View Answer & Explanation'I love to pass my fingers,
As tide through weeds of the sea
And wind the tall fern-fronds
Through the strands of your hair
Dark as night that screens the naked moon.'
J.P. Clark, 'Olokun'
The dominant poetic techniques employed in the lines above is