This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry...
LITERATURE
JAMB 2002
This question is based on selected Poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New poetry from African; Syinka, W. (ed.): poems of Black African; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T. (eds.): A Selection of African poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.): Exam Focus: Literature- in - English; Eruvbetine, A.E. et al (eds.): Longman Examination Guides and Nwoga, D.I. (ed.): West African Verse.
'Pataki and mustard flowers Like blue and yellow eyes Peep through the green grass'
The literary devices used in the lines
- A. enjambment and alliteration
- B. repetition and assonance
- C. rhyme and limerick
- D. simile and irony
Correct Answer: D. simile and irony
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