Literature in EnglishLiterary appreciation: unseen poetryJAMB
Read the poem and answer the question. Market Morning The market wakes before the sun, a thousand voices braided into one; tomatoes blush in pyramids of red, and yams lie sleeping in their dusty bed. A child counts change with careful thumbs, the drummer's echo, then the trader comes, and all the noise, the haggling and the cries, are how a city learns to harmonise. (An original poem written for AdmitMe practice.)
'tomatoes blush' is an example of
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Answer: B. personification
Blushing is a human action given to tomatoes.
An AdmitMe practice question, written for the JAMB syllabus. Not an official past question.