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JAMB Literature in English 2016 Question 31

Question 31

African Poetry

Kofi Awoonor's The Anvil and the Hammer Caught between the anvil and the hammer. The underlined expressions above are examples of

  1. A.personification
  2. B.metaphor
  3. C.satire
  4. D.antonymy.
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: B (metaphor)

Explanation

The anvil and the hammer stand for the two forces (African tradition and Western culture) that pound the poet: a metaphor.