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99 questionsThe rhyme scheme is
Poetry is written in
Conflict in a literary work begins to unfold with
...... refers to the structure of a work of art.
Shall share with me this little bed,
And awake me, from my sweet dreams be lost,
By sucking blood from my poor head...'
Mbure: To a Bed-Bug.
The most dominant figure of speech in the excerpt is
The line above is an example of
'He says
The medicine gourds are filthy,
And the herb
Are drunk from unhygienic cups'
Okot p Bitek: Song of Lawino
The poet in the lines is saying that
No. no! Do not blame the gods. Let no one blame the powers. My people, learn from my fall.
The powers would have failed if I did not let them use me. They knew my weakness: the weakness of a man easily moved to the defence of his tribe against others.'
O.Rotimi: The Gods are not to Blame.
The speaker in the passage is
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
'I have said too much unto a heart of stone,
And laid my honour too unchary on it',
There's something in me that reproves my fault,
But such a headstrong potent fault it is
That it but mocks reproof.'.
William Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
A heart of stone in the lines above is an example of
Oh incomprehensible God!
Shall my pilot be
My inborn stars to that
Final call to thee...
The literary device used in the first line is
'This thing you are doing is too heavy for you, he said.' I went to school only a little, but I have killed many more years in this world than you have.'
G.Okara: The Voice.
It can be inferred from the passage above that the
Weep not child, weep not my darling
With these kisses let me remove your tears
The ravening clouds shall no long be victorious
They shall no longer possess the sky....
The speaker of the lines is
This question is based on General Literary Appreciation.
Fights by the book of arithmetic
The figure of speech in the line above is
'Women as a clam, on the sea's crescent I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's Fluorescence, dance on the pulse incessant.'
Wole Soyinka: Night.
The line above suggest that women are