Search SchoolNGR

Sunday, 03 May 2026
Register . Login

Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 751:
A poem written in praise of someone or something is
  • A A ballad
  • B An epic
  • C A sonnet
  • D An ode
View Answer & Explanation
Question 752:
Read the poem and answer the question
''No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Then you shall hear the surly sullen bell
Give warning to the world that I am fled
from this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell''
The mood of the poet is one of
  • A Anger
  • B Humour
  • C Metancholy
  • D Gaiety
View Answer & Explanation
Question 753:
Read the poem and answer the question
''No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Then you shall hear the surly sullen bell
Give warning to the world that I am fled
from this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell''
The poet uses
  • A Eye-rhyme
  • B Run-on-lines
  • C End-stopped-lines
  • D Internal rhyme
View Answer & Explanation
Question 754:
Read the poem and answer the question
''No longer mourn for me when I am dead
Then you shall hear the surly sullen bell
Give warning to the world that I am fled
from this vile world, with vilest worms to dwell''
The rhyming pattern of the lines is
  • A Abab
  • B Abba
  • C Aabb
  • D Aaab
View Answer & Explanation
Question 755:
''But at my back I always hear
Time's winged chariot hurrying near'' illustrates
  • A Metaphor
  • B Apostrophe
  • C Oxymoron
  • D Metonymy
View Answer & Explanation