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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 551:
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My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began,
So is it now that I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow
The child is father of the man
The rhyme scheme of the poem is
  • A Ab cc ac
  • B Ac bc ca
  • C Ab ca cc
  • D Ab ac bc
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Question 552:
Read the extract and answer the question
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began,
So is it now that I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow
The child is father of the man
The subject of the extract is
  • A Childishness
  • B The adverse effects of the rainbow on man
  • C The unchanging cycle of nature
  • D The adverse effects of old age
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Question 553:
Read the extract and answer the question
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began,
So is it now that I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow
The child is father of the man
The literary device used in line 1 is
  • A Simile
  • B Alliteration
  • C Litotes
  • D Personification
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Question 554:
Read the extract and answer the question
My heart leaps up when I behold
A rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began,
So is it now that I am a man,
So be it when I shall grow
The child is father of the man
The literary device used in line 6 is an example of
  • A Synecdoche
  • B Irony
  • C Paradox
  • D Hyperbole
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Question 555:
''Forty hands descended on the devilish head'' illustrates
  • A Epigram
  • B Synecdoche
  • C Metonymy
  • D Allegory
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