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JAMB Literature in English 2001 Question 42

Question 42

Non-African Poetry
Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (extract)
The passage, as printed

In the lines above from Gray's 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard', the imagery is

  1. A.of an approaching night in a rustic setting
  2. B.of an approaching death in a village
  3. C.about a village under a curfew one night
  4. D.of a man abandoned in his homeward journey
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: A (of an approaching night in a rustic setting)

Explanation

The evening bell, the cattle going home and the ploughman leaving the fields picture nightfall in the countryside.