JAMB Literature in English 2020 Question 29

Question 29

African Poetry

The rhyming pattern in the last stanza of Lade Wosornu's 'Raider of the Treasure Trove' makes the stanza

  1. A.an octave
  2. B.a quatrain
  3. C.a couplet
  4. D.a sestet
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Answer: C (a couplet)

Explanation

The poem ends with two rhyming lines, which form a couplet.