Literature in EnglishLiterary appreciation: unseen poetryWAEC

The Harmattan Teacher Each dry December, dust comes calling, a grey shawl over Kano's walls; it cracks the lips of the bold and the small, and teaches the trees how to wait. We cough, we curse, we cover our faces, yet the farmer reads its patient lesson: what the wind steals, the rain repays, and every bare branch keeps a promise of green. (An original poem written for AdmitMe practice.)

'a grey shawl over Kano's walls' is an example of

An AdmitMe practice question, written for the WAEC syllabus. Not an official past question.