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WAEC Literature in English 2006 Question 8

Question 8

Poetry: General

The recurrence of rhythmic pattern of stress in a poem is a

  1. A.couplet
  2. B.metre
  3. C.consonance
  4. D.scansion.
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Answer: B (metre)

Explanation

Metre is the regular, repeated pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry.