JAMB Literature in English 2006 Question 3

Question 3

Non-African Poetry

Keats' On the Grasshopper and Cricket is best described as

  1. A.romantic
  2. B.medieval
  3. C.metaphysical
  4. D.platonic
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Answer: A (romantic)

Explanation

John Keats is one of the great English Romantic poets, and this sonnet celebrates the never-ending 'poetry of earth' in nature, a typical Romantic theme.