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JAMB Literature in English 1986 Question 28

Question 28

African Poetry

Much of the poetic effect of Birago Diop's 'Viaticum' is gained by the poet's use of

  1. A.repetition of symbolic references
  2. B.rhetorical questions
  3. C.exaggeration
  4. D.flowering language.
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Answer: A (repetition of symbolic references)

Explanation

The three jugs, three fingers and three marks are repeated like ritual symbols.