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JAMB Literature in English · Poetry

Appreciation: JAMB Literature in English Past Questions and Answers

What the JAMB syllabus covers in Appreciation

Our summary: Reading a poem for its main concerns, its relevance to society and its style.

  • Thematic preoccupation
  • Socio-political relevance
  • Style

Objectives

  • deduce the poet's thematic preoccupation from the poem;
  • appraise poetry as an art with moral values;
  • apply the lessons from the poem to social reality.

Syllabus content © The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (UTME).

JAMB Literature in English questions on Appreciation

  1. JAMB 2025Niyi Osundare's "The Leader and the Led" is a fable because of the
  2. JAMB 2025The persona in Lade Worsonu's "Raider of the Treasure Trove" warns against
  3. JAMB 2025Beauty in Donne's "The Good Morrow" represents the poet's persona's
  4. JAMB 2025Sesay's "The Song of the Women of my Land" is
  5. JAMB 2025The subject matter of Angelou's "Caged Bird" is
  6. JAMB 2025The spatial setting of Senghor's "Black Woman" is
  7. JAMB 2024Sesay's "The Song of the Woman of My Land" is a
  8. JAMB 2024The style of Chibuike's "A Government Driver on His Retirement" is
  9. JAMB 2024Lawrence's "Bats" is a
  10. JAMB 2024The poet persona in Donne's "The Good Morrow" reflects on
  11. JAMB 2023A Government Driver on His Retirement is a poem of thirty-three lines divided into … stanzas.
  12. JAMB 2023Careened', These oily tears Dripping down the tears on your depressed face, Will one day be staunched, I swear! Ibiwari Ikiriko, Oily Tears. The tone of the…
  13. JAMB 2019… may be said to be a critical subject of concern in Blake's "School Boy"
  14. JAMB 2019The mood of Diop's 'Vanity' is …
  15. JAMB 2019In Lenrie's 'The Panic of Growing Older', another significant theme therein is on the …
  16. JAMB 2019In Herbert's "The Pulley", God's supremacy is exemplified through …
  17. JAMB 2019Adeoti's "Ambush" ends on a note of …
  18. JAMB 2019Which one of the following does not relate to the tone in Diop's Vanity?
  19. JAMB 2019Adeoti's Ambush may be best described as …
  20. JAMB 2019Okara's reminiscence in the "Piano and Drums" as to how he walks to the farm with no shoes, marching thorns and dangerous leafs, and still finds this enjoyable…
  21. JAMB 2019The second stanza of Awonoor's Anvil and the Hammer …
  22. JAMB 2019Which one of the following is most influential to the substance of Hallowell's "The Dinning Table"?
  23. JAMB 2019The atmosphere of a poem has to do with …
  24. JAMB 2019Blake's 'The School Boy' advocates for …
  25. JAMB 2019The withdrawal of rest from man according to George Herbert in 'The Pulley' is particularly because …
  26. JAMB 2019The theme that runs through Hallowell's Dining Table is that of …
  27. JAMB 2019The bar in Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar" is a symbol for the …
  28. JAMB 2019"The sudden throb of pain" in Lenrie's 'The Panic of Growing Old' signifies the …
  29. JAMB 2017Tennyson's Crossing the Bar is … ?
  30. 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…
  31. 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…
  32. JAMB 2016'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
  33. JAMB 2016According to Peter's The Panic of Growing Older at twenty a man is
  34. JAMB 2016This question is based on General Literary Appreciation. 'Women as a clam, on the sea's crescent I saw your jealous eye quench the sea's Fluorescence, dance on…
  35. JAMB 2016'And my blood ripples, turns torrent.' The line above in Okara's Piano and Drums depicts the persona as
  36. 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…

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