UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY Read the poem below and answer the question Now, Joy is...
LITERATURE
WAEC 2000
UNSEEN PROSE AND POETRY
Read the poem below and answer the question
Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.
Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.
The poem says that ''Joy'' is
- A. for the poor
- B. natural and satisfying
- C. artificial and transitory
- D. for lover
Correct Answer: B. natural and satisfying
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