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JAMB Literature in English 1980 Question 39

Question 39

Literary Appreciation: Poetry
Verse extract (Question 39)
The passage, as printed

It is suggested in these lines that

  1. A.the beauty of the morning gains from the beauty of the city
  2. B.the beauty of the city gains from the beauty of the morning
  3. C.the beauty of the city and the beauty of the morning are unrelated
  4. D.the beauty of the same has nothing to do with either the city or the morning
  5. E.there is no beauty on earth.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: B (the beauty of the city gains from the beauty of the morning)

Explanation

The city "wears" the morning's beauty like a garment: the morning makes the city beautiful.