Which of the following is written by a Non-African poet?

Analyze the question: You need to find the poem written by a non-African poet. So we must match each poem to its author.

Check each option:

• A. Piano and Drums is by Gabriel Okara, a Nigerian poet. This is African.
• B. The Dining Table is by Mazisi Kunene? Not quite sure of this one. It is commonly associated with the African poetry used in WASSCE/NECO lists, and it is an African poem (by Kwesi Brew's contemporaries, in the West African anthology tradition). It is not the non-African one.
• C. The Schoolboy is by William Blake, an English (British) poet, from Songs of Experience. The poem begins "I love to rise in a summer morn". He is non-African.
• D. The Panic of Growing Older is by Lenrie Peters, a Gambian poet. This is African.

Important note on B: I am not fully certain of the exact author of "The Dining Table", but it does not change the answer.

Answer: C. The Schoolboy, by William Blake (English Romantic poet).

Tip: For Literature in English poetry questions, group your poems by origin. Learn the African poets (Okara, Peters, Soyinka, Achebe, Brew, Clark-Bekederemo, etc.) and the non-African ones (Blake, Wordsworth, Hopkins, Hardy, Keats, etc.) so you can spot the odd one out quickly. Blake's poems often have simple, song-like language, which is a good clue.