Neco 2017 Literature In English Question 20

Practice objective / multiple choice question 20 from the 2017 Neco Literature In English examination.

Neco 2017 Literature In English Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 20 NECO • 2017 • LITERATURE_IN_ENGLISH • objective

Consider the stanza: "Upon the hill where night descends, The moon, a silver lantern, bends, Its pale light drips like honeyed rain, To kiss the earth, a soft refrain." Identify the poetic form used and explain how the metaphor "moon as a silver lantern" contributes to the poem's theme of hope.

Answer Options

A. It is a sestet in iambic tetrameter with an ABABCC rhyme scheme; the metaphor of the moon as a silver lantern conveys isolation, contrasting with the poem's hopeful tone.
Correct Answer B. It is a quatrain in iambic tetrameter with an ABAB rhyme scheme; the metaphor of the moon as a silver lantern portrays the moon as a guiding light, symbolising hope that shines in darkness.
C. It is a quatrain in iambic pentameter with an ABBA rhyme scheme; the metaphor of the moon as a silver lantern represents the fleeting nature of time, not hope.
D. It is a couplet in trochaic tetrameter with an AABB rhyme scheme; the metaphor of the moon as a silver lantern suggests melancholy rather than hope.
Correct Answer
B
Correct Option:
It is a quatrain in iambic tetrameter with an ABAB rhyme scheme; the metaphor of the moon as a silver lantern portrays the moon as a guiding light, symbolising hope that shines in darkness.

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This is Neco 2017 Literature In English Question 20. It is one of the objective questions from the 2017 Neco Literature In English examination.

Difficulty level: Hard .

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