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WAEC Literature in English 2006 Question 12

Question 12

Poetry: General

A poem with fourteen lines of rhymed iambic pentrametre is

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

Explanation

A sonnet has fourteen rhymed lines, usually in iambic pentameter.