Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.<br/>'See! how she leans her cheek upon her hand;<br/>O! that I wore a glove upon that hand<br/>That predominant figure of speech in these lines is

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.<br/>''From here the island of Fogo is a presence <br/>At Sunset<br/>The palm trees are slow singers of farewell<br/>The sail on the sea<br/>Writes in geometry of spume<br/>- departure of he who remains <br/>And the clouds carried by incessant soft breezes<br/>-journey of he who never left!'' <br/>Which of the following figures of speech is used prominently in the poem?

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.<br/>Though we knew that something was wrong with our society, we made no attempt to assess it.<br/>Trinidad was too unimportant and we could never be convinced of the value of reading the history of a place which was, as everyone said, only a dot on the map of the world.<br/>The Middle Passage by V.S. Naipaul<br/>The writer here maintains that Trinidad

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.<br/>'I thank you God for creating me black<br/>For making of me<br/>Porter of all sorrows <br/>Sitting on my head<br/>The World<br/>I wear the Centaur's hide<br/>And I have carried the World since the first morning'. <br/>'I Thank You God' by Benard Dadie<br/>The poet's attitude here is being

This question is based on General Literary Principles and Appreciation.<br/>'...Akosua Nowa has touched my manhood;<br/>Tell her, red ant upon the tree;<br/>If she passes this way, I am gone,<br/>I am gone to load my gun<br/>No matter how hidden deep her treasure,<br/>By my father's coffin I swear<br/>I'll shoot my way to it this day;<br/>Son of the hunter King<br/>There is liquid fire in my gun!<br/>' Akosua Nowa' by Joe de Graft <br/>The beauty of this poem is built upon its