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JAMB Literature in English 2002 Question 39

Question 39

Non-African Poetry
Robert Frost, Wild Grapes (extract)
The passage, as printed

The imagery in The tree had me from Robert Frost's 'Wild Grapes' is

  1. A.from the adventures of some wild children in the forest
  2. B.the dramatic suspension of a child on a tree
  3. C.the successful climbing of an adventurous boy
  4. D.reminiscent of man's transcendentalism
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: B (the dramatic suspension of a child on a tree)

Explanation

The girl in the poem clings to a bending birch and is lifted into the air, left hanging: the tree had her, not she the tree.