Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

We sang that song before <br/>In the thousand seasons of good harvest <br/>And full fish fo0llowing our father's footprints <br/>On the long shores.<br/>A poetic device consciously used by Awoonor in these lines (from more message) is

A Apostrophe
B Alliteration
C Simile
D Onomotopoeia
E Personification.

Question 552:

The Yoruba incantatory poem, 'When a Strainer Takes in Water', is meant to be recited in order to

A Excape capture
B Promote sales
C Ensure good harvest
D Escape retribution
E Prevent road mishaps

Question 553:

The run on' lines in J.P Clark's poem, 'Night Rain', suggest the

A Poet's ignorance of punctuation rules
B Long duration of that night
C Intensity of the darkness of that night
D Deep, soothing sleep of the poet under the night rain
E Continuous pouring down of the night rain

Question 554:

In 'Fulani Cattle', the poet expresses

A His belief that cattles are meant to be slaughtered by men
B Regret that there will soon not be enough cattle to go round
C The idea that cattle are created strong to enable them endure the long journey from the north to the south
D Sympathy for the cattle that are driven from the north to the south of Nigeria to be slaughtered
E Admiration for the sharp knife with which the cattle are slaughtered.

Question 555:

In the poem, 'The Cathedral', Kofi Awoonor expressed

A Sorrow at the disappearance of his village
B His feeling about traditional religion
C Disapproval of the change from Africa's past life to the present modern
D Anger at life slavery and colonialism
E His approval for the building of a cathedral in his village