Literature in English Past Questions

Based on Ayi Kwei Armah's , The Beautiful Ones are Not Yet Born, the man is despised by the wife and family because he

"Keats" "Ode" to a Nightingale" can best be described as

"I came down the step with my pitcher
And must wait, must stand and wait, for there he
was at the trough before me."

These lines from "Snakes" suggests that the

"...Lying down in the melting snow.
There were times we regretted
The summer palaces on slopes, the terraces,
And the silken girls bringing sherbert."

The emotion evoked in this passage from "Journey of the Magi" is that of

The line 'Ask them why they idle there' in Kofi Awoonor's Song of Sorrow' is a reference to

"Kwarshiorkor", "grave", "ravage", "wreck", "funeral", "piles" and fearful".

These words from J.P. Clarks "The Casualties" connote

"...Let the greying day grow,
...let the evening horns blow,
...let the melting mountains go...'

The repetition of these lines from Atukwei Okai's
"Sunset Sonata"

The pauper in Richard Ntiru's poem of that title is

"...He who sharpened the edge of hearts...."

In Kunene's To The Soldier "Hero" is

"The drum is silenced in mid-throb;
the flute is flung away;
and ears strain to master the malediction
of the thunder."

These lines from "For Christopher Okigbo" shows that the main occurrence in the poem is

The word which when applied describes the posture of the speaker in "The Fence" is

'...Sir, nose-painting, sleep and urine.Lechery,
Sir, it provokes:it provokes the
desire, but it takes away the performance.'

Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the statement above can best be described as

"Thou loosest labour
As easy may'st thou the in trenchant air
With thy keen sword impress,..."

Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the confidence above derives from the fact that

"Rather than so, come fate, into the list,
And champion me to the utterance!"

Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth, "Rather than so"in the quotation above refers to

"Why should I play the Roman fool, and die
On mine own sword?"

Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth,playing the Roman fool from the above statement implies

"There's no art
To find the mind's construction in the face...'

Based on William Shakespeare's Macbeth,the above statement means that there is no

"If
a provoked houseboy
cannot match his
wicked master
strength with strength,
he maims the master's favorite
goat!"

Obaruduagbon employs this proverb to explain why

UZAZAKPO:
In my madness, I served Oba Adolo, your
father. That same madness has helped me
keep my body in this palace as jester under
your full moon. If you will listen to me and my
madness, I will tell you frankly that the way you
talked to the chiefs was not the right way'
The play above is basically a

UZAZAKPO:
In my madness, I served Oba Adolo, your
father. That same madness has helped me
keep my body in this palace as jester under
your full moon. If you will listen to me and my
madness, I will tell you frankly that the way you
talked to the chiefs was not the right way
The tone of the above statement is