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JAMB and WAEC Literature in English questions: Poetry: imagery, sound and structure

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All topicsDrama: types and elements · 38Dramatic techniques · 44Figures of speech · 44General literary terms · 40Literary appreciation: unseen poetry · 29Literary appreciation: unseen prose · 29Poetry: imagery, sound and structure · 34Poetry: types and forms · 30Point of view and narrative techniques · 27Prose: plot, setting and characterisation · 29Prose: types of fiction · 26Set 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 21· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

    A four-line stanza is

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  2. Question 22· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    Unrhymed verse written in iambic pentameter is

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  3. Question 23· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    Two consecutive rhyming lines of verse are a

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  4. Question 24· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

    Two successive rhyming lines form

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  5. Question 25· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    A couplet is

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  6. Question 26· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    Imagery in poetry refers to

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  7. Question 27· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    In 'Slowly the silver moon slides over the sea', the repeated 's' sound is

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  8. Question 28· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words is

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  9. Question 29· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    An octave is a stanza of

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  10. Question 30· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    The persona of a poem is

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  11. Question 31· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· WAEC

    The repetition of vowel sounds within words, as in 'the rain in Spain', is

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  12. Question 32· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    The use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning, such as 'buzz' and 'hiss', is

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  13. Question 33· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    Poetry with no regular rhyme or metre is

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  14. Question 34· Poetry: imagery, sound and structure· JAMB

    A group of lines forming a unit within a poem is a

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