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JAMB Literature in English 2018 Question 28

Question 28

Non-African Poetry

In the poem "Birches" the narrator looks at the birch trees in the forest and imagines that their bent nature is as a result of a ____ "swinging" on them.

  1. A.monkey
  2. B.child
  3. C.boy
  4. D.man
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (boy)

Explanation

Frost's speaker likes to think the birches are bent because 'some boy's been swinging them'.