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WAEC Literature in English questions: Literary appreciation: unseen poetry

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All topicsDrama: types and elements · 9Dramatic techniques · 7Figures of speech · 9General literary terms · 7Literary appreciation: unseen poetry · 5Literary appreciation: unseen prose · 5Poetry: imagery, sound and structure · 7Poetry: types and forms · 7Point of view and narrative techniques · 6Prose: plot, setting and characterisation · 7Prose: types of fiction · 6Set poems: African poetry · 10Set poems: Non-African poetry · 17Set text: A Man for All Seasons (Robert Bolt) · 9Set text: An Inspector Calls (J. B. Priestley) · 10Set text: Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare) · 13Set text: The Marriage of Anansewa (Efua Sutherland) · 4Set text: To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee) · 14

  1. Question 1· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· WAEC

    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

    Explanation and discussion

  2. Question 2· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· WAEC

    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.)

    In the poem, the 'teacher' is

    Explanation and discussion

  3. Question 3· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· WAEC

    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.)

    The lesson the farmer reads is that

    Explanation and discussion

  4. Question 4· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· WAEC

    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.)

    'teaches the trees how to wait' is an example of

    Explanation and discussion

  5. Question 5· Literary appreciation: unseen poetry· WAEC

    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.)

    The mood of the last two lines is

    Explanation and discussion

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