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JAMB Literature in English 2007 Question 22

Question 22

Non-African Poetry

In Keats' On the Grasshopper and Cricket, the frost of winter evenings is said to cause

  1. A.violence
  2. B.luxury
  3. C.silence
  4. D.loneliness.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (silence)

Explanation

Keats says that on a winter evening the frost 'has wrought a silence', which the cricket's song then breaks.