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JAMB Literature in English 2002 Question 15

Question 15

Literary Appreciation: Poetry
Charity Angya, The Cycle of the Moon (extract)
The passage, as printed

Charity Angya, The Cycle of the Moon: The literary device used is

  1. A.parallelism
  2. B.irony
  3. C.onomatopoeia
  4. D.repetition
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: D (repetition)

Explanation

Words are repeated for effect: 'howl forth-howl forth', 'hold back hold back', 'time... time'.