This question is based on General Literary Principles. 'what time night it is I do...

LITERATURE
JAMB 1995

This question is based on General Literary Principles.

'what time night it is

I do not know

Except that like some fish

Doped out of the deep

I have bobbed up bellywise'.

J.P. Clark, 'Night Rain'

Which of the following figures of speech is employed above ?

  • A. Alliteration
  • B. Assonance
  • C. Hyperbole
  • D. Onomatopoeia

Correct Answer: D. Onomatopoeia



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