This question is based on Literary Appreciation 'Fierce harmattan sun on innocent tendrils; torrential downpour...
LITERATURE
JAMB 2002
This question is based on Literary Appreciation
'Fierce harmattan sun on innocent tendrils; torrential downpour on leaking thatch roofs; paintfull comfort of helpless eunuchs; thorny beauty of modern witches; the fatcon's call on day-old-chicks, ours is tragi-comic dialogue.... mute echoes of pains.'
The sonority and rhythmical structure of the lines above are achieved through a pause pattern called
- A. enjambment
- B. caesura
- C. apostrophe
- D. scansion
Correct Answer: B. caesura
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