JAMB Literature in English 1987 Question 37

Question 37

Poetry: General

A couplet is a

  1. A.succession of three rhyming lines
  2. B.succession of two rhyming lines
  3. C.poem of two stanzas
  4. D.poem of three stanzas.
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Answer: B (succession of two rhyming lines)

Explanation

A couplet is a pair of rhyming lines.