Waec Model Questions Vol1 2018 Literature In English Question 40

Practice objective / multiple choice question 40 from the 2018 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Literature In English examination.

Waec Model Questions Vol1 2018 Literature In English Objective / Multiple Choice Hard Difficulty
Question 40 WAEC_MODEL_QUESTIONS_VOL1 • 2018 • LITERATURE_IN_ENGLISH • objective

Consider the following stanza: "Soft shadows slip across the silent sea, Their silver tongues whispering low; Moonlight dances on the restless tide, While night's cold breath sighs soft and slow." Identify the rhyme scheme, the dominant metrical pattern, and the poetic device that creates the internal rhyme in line 2.

Answer Options

A. ABCB; anapestic trimeter; internal rhyme (slant rhyme in "silver tongues")
B. AABB; trochaic tetrameter; internal rhyme (alliteration in "silver tongues")
C. ABBA; iambic pentameter; internal rhyme (assonance in "silver tongues")
Correct Answer D. ABAB; iambic tetrameter; internal rhyme (consonance in "silver tongues")
Correct Answer
D
Correct Option:
ABAB; iambic tetrameter; internal rhyme (consonance in "silver tongues")

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This is Waec Model Questions Vol1 2018 Literature In English Question 40. It is one of the objective questions from the 2018 Waec Model Questions Vol1 Literature In English examination.

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