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Literature In English Past Questions and Answers

Waec Literature In English Questions

Question 441:
''Death be not proud'' illustrates
  • A Euphemism
  • B Personification
  • C Metaphor
  • D Litotes
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Question 442:
Lines that usualling have a set pattern of metre and rhyme constitute
  • A Stanza
  • B Verse
  • C Rhyme scheme
  • D Falling metre
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Question 443:
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question
Tell me not (sweet) I am unkinde,
That from the Nunnerieof thy chaste breast and quiet minde,
To warre and Armes I flie.
True, a new Mistresse now I chase,
The first Foe in the field;
And with a stronger faith imbrace,
A Sword, a Horse, a Shield.
Yet this Inconstancy is such,
As you too shall adore;
I could not love thee (Deare) so much,
Lov'd I not Honour more.
The dominant device used is
  • A Contrast
  • B Paradox
  • C Oxymoron
  • D Parallelism
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Question 444:
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question
Tell me not (sweet) I am unkinde,
That from the Nunnerieof thy chaste breast and quiet minde,
To warre and Armes I flie.
True, a new Mistresse now I chase,
The first Foe in the field;
And with a stronger faith imbrace,
A Sword, a Horse, a Shield.
Yet this Inconstancy is such,
As you too shall adore;
I could not love thee (Deare) so much,
Lov'd I not Honour more.
The reference to ''......the Nunnerie of thy chaste breast'' suggests that the woman is being
  • A Praised
  • B Mocked
  • C Scorned
  • D Admired
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Question 445:
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the passage below and answer the question
Tell me not (sweet) I am unkinde,
That from the Nunnerieof thy chaste breast and quiet minde,
To warre and Armes I flie.
True, a new Mistresse now I chase,
The first Foe in the field;
And with a stronger faith imbrace,
A Sword, a Horse, a Shield.
Yet this Inconstancy is such,
As you too shall adore;
I could not love thee (Deare) so much,
Lov'd I not Honour more.
The rhyme pattern of the poem is
  • A Abab
  • B Aabb
  • C Abcd
  • D Abba
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