This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from...

LITERATURE
JAMB 2020

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 Vicent, 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.

Tennyson's Crossing the Bar is ________?

  • A. a celebration of life
  • B. an appreciation of nature
  • C. a demystification of death
  • D. a celebration of the final passage

Correct Answer: C. a demystification of death

Explanation

The poem is a meditation on death. The journey the poet embarked on in line 12



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