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JAMB Literature in English 2008 Question 48

Question 48

Literary Appreciation: Poetry
JAMB 2008: William Wordsworth, My heart leaps up when I behold
The passage, as printed

The expression The child is the father of the man in the poem above is an example of

  1. A.paradox
  2. B.metaphor
  3. C.simile
  4. D.ellipsis.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: A (paradox)

Explanation

A child cannot literally father a man, yet the line is true: the person we are as children shapes the adult we become. A seeming contradiction that is true is a paradox.