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JAMB Literature in English · Poetry

Poetic devices: JAMB Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

What the JAMB syllabus covers in Poetic devices

Our summary: Imagery, sound, word choice and the speaking voice, and how poets use them to make meaning.

  • Imagery
  • Sound (Rhyme/Rhythm, repetition, pun, onomatopoeia, etc.)
  • Diction
  • Persona

Objectives

  • determine the devices used by various poets;
  • show how poetic devices are used for aesthetic effect in each poem;
  • identify the figure of speech in the texts.
  • show how poetic devices convey message and meaning.

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JAMB Literature in English questions on Poetic devices

  1. JAMB 2025Niyi Osundare's "The Leader and the Led" is a fable because of the
  2. JAMB 2025Decked with dances by baobabs over balances The above line in Neto's The Grieved Lands is an example of
  3. JAMB 2024The style of Chibuike's "A Government Driver on His Retirement" is
  4. JAMB 2024In Senghor's Black Woman, the dominant literary device is
  5. JAMB 2024In Eliot's "Journey of the Magi", "six hands at an open door" is an example of
  6. JAMB 2023The combination of two or more metaphors is called
  7. JAMB 2023This question is based on RAIDER OF THE TREASURE TROVE. "To fly flags of joy" Two figures of speech used here are
  8. JAMB 2023This question is based on RAIDER OF THE TREASURE TROVE. The poetic device in the expression "Rage is chief" is …
  9. JAMB 2023A metrical pause occurring in the middle of a line in a poem is called
  10. JAMB 2023When an object is invested with a meaning beyond its immediate reference, it becomes
  11. JAMB 2023The use of two contrasting words that are placed side by side is called
  12. JAMB 2023This question is based on BLACK WOMAN. "fruit with firm flesh" illustrates the use of …
  13. JAMB 2023Lineation refers to
  14. JAMB 2022"Rays of sun peeping through the cloud ", the line is an example of
  15. JAMB 2022You cannot know And should not bother Tide and market come and go And so shall your mother In this verse the poet uses
  16. JAMB 2022The idea of metre as used in a literary piece is
  17. JAMB 2022In The Flight to Australia', the following line occurs: 'Tier upon tier it towered, the terrible Apennines'. The figure of speech used in this line is known as
  18. JAMB 2021Rhythm is achieved in Raleigh's The Soul's Errand through the use of
  19. JAMB 2021The repetition of a consonant sound in quick succession of sound effect is
  20. JAMB 2019"A time to sow, A time to reap, A time to born, A time to die" This exemplies the use of …
  21. JAMB 2019'The dun dun of a drum' is an example of an …
  22. JAMB 2019'A trouble shared is a trouble halved' illustrates the use of …
  23. JAMB 2019The most dominant poetic device used in Okara's 'Panio and Drums' is …
  24. JAMB 2019Adeoti's Ambush may be best described as …
  25. JAMB 2019'The earth has stopped breathing and sighed' illustrates …
  26. JAMB 2019The atmosphere of a poem has to do with …
  27. JAMB 2019A significant literary device employed by Morris in 'The Proud King' is that of …
  28. JAMB 2019The bar in Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar" is a symbol for the …
  29. JAMB 2019"The sudden throb of pain" in Lenrie's 'The Panic of Growing Old' signifies the …
  30. JAMB 2018Group of lines are called …
  31. JAMB 2018"Peter's pretty partner paid the bills" is an example of … ?
  32. JAMB 2018''Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind" illustrates …
  33. JAMB 2018The juxtaposition of two contrasting ideas in a line of poetry is … ?
  34. JAMB 2018A poet‘s use of regular rhythm is known as … ?
  35. JAMB 2018What is the narrator of a poem called?
  36. JAMB 2017"And blossoms blown away" The line above from William Blake's poem " The school boy" is an example of
  37. JAMB 2017This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vicent…
  38. JAMB 2016The dominant literary device in Diop's Vanity is
  39. JAMB 2016This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A…
  40. JAMB 2016'And my blood ripples, turns torrent.' The line above in Okara's Piano and Drums depicts the persona as
  41. JAMB 2016This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson,R.et al (eds.): New Poetry from African (ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E. and Vincent, T.(ed): A…
  42. JAMB 2015This question is based on General literacy principles A poet's use of regular rhythm is known as
  43. JAMB 2015This question is based on General literacy principles The repetition of single words or phrases at the beginning of lines is
  44. JAMB 2015This question is based on Literary Appreciation. That age is best which the first is. When youth and blood are Warner; But being spent, the worse , and worst…
  45. JAMB 2015The use of sound pattern to suggest meaning in poetry is
  46. JAMB 2015This question is based on Literary Appreciation. The old man slept in his favorite chair The wind ran its fingers through his hair He looked like a tree gone…
  47. JAMB 2015In literary devices, pun deals with

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