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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 201:
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the poem below and answer the question
Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.
Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.
The poem says that ''Joy'' is
  • A For the poor
  • B Natural and satisfying
  • C Artificial and transitory
  • D For lovers
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Question 202:
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the poem below and answer the question
Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.
Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.
The dominant device used in presenting ''Joy'' and ''Pleasure'' in the first stanza is
  • A Diction
  • B Oxymoron
  • C Personification
  • D Conceit
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Question 203:
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the poem below and answer the question
Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.
Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.
The feelings associated with ''Jy'' and ''Pleasure'' in the first stanza is
  • A Rhyme
  • B Euphemism
  • C Assonance
  • D Contrast
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Question 204:
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the poem below and answer the question
Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.
Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.
''False glare'' refers to
  • A Man-made light
  • B Nature's light
  • C The moon's light
  • D The sun's light
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Question 205:
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the poem below and answer the question
Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.
Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.
''Pleasure's moth'' is an example of a (n)
  • A Irony
  • B Hyperbole
  • C Metaphor
  • D Simile
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