This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from...
LITERATURE
JAMB 2017
This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed): West African verse.
... goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast'
The literary device in the extract above from Herbert's The Pulley is
- A. metonymy
- B. personification
- C. oxymoron
- D. irony
Correct Answer: B. personification
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