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JAMB Literature in English 2005 Question 46

Question 46

Literary Appreciation: Poetry
Henry Dumas, America (extract)
The passage, as printed

The poem above achieves its literary effect through the use of

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

Answer: C (repetition)

Explanation

Key words are repeated from line to line ('eagle', 'coin'), linking the images and driving home the point.