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JAMB Literature in English 1998 Question 21

Question 21

Non-African Poetry

Browning's 'My Last Duchess' is

  1. A.an epic
  2. B.a sonnet
  3. C.an elegy
  4. D.a lyric.
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Answer: D (a lyric.)

Explanation

It is a short poem spoken by one person (the Duke), a dramatic monologue, which belongs with the lyric rather than the long epic.