WAEC Literature in English 2004 Question 11

Question 11

Literary History

Pick the odd item

  1. A.“Elegy written in a country churchyard”
  2. B.“Ulysses”
  3. C.“No coffin, no grave”
  4. D.“Ode to the West Wind”
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: C (“No coffin, no grave”)

Explanation

'No Coffin, No Grave' (Jared Angira) is an African poem; the other three are by English poets (Gray, Tennyson, Shelley).