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JAMB Literature in English 2007 Question 32

Question 32

Poetry: General

Monometer is a

  1. A.single meter of Coleridge's poem, 'Christabel'
  2. B.single foot used in John Milton's sonnets
  3. C.line repeated in the first syllable of a word
  4. D.line of verse consisting of a metrical foot.
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Answer: D (line of verse consisting of a metrical foot.)

Explanation

'Mono' means one: a monometer is a line of verse with only one metrical foot.