'The fair breeze blew The white foam flew The furrow followed free We were the...
LITERATURE
JAMB 2022
'The fair breeze blew
The white foam flew
The furrow followed free
We were the first that ever burst into that silent sea.'
The dominant figure of speech in the above passage is
- A. repetition
- B. alliteration
- C. paradox
- D. rhyme scheme
Correct Answer: D. rhyme scheme
Explanation
Rhyme scheme is the best answer. The semblance of sound and patternised movement or flow of the words in the excerpt above makes rhyme scheme the predominant literary figure there.
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