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Question 0

'A dungeon horrible, one all sides round'
As one great furnace flamed, yet for those flames
No light, but rather darkness visible'.
The phrase 'darkness visible' in the above lines is an example of

  • A.metaphor
  • B.hyperbole
  • C.oxymoron
  • D.litotes.
  • E.
Objective

Question details

Exam body
JAMB
Subject
Literature in English
Year
1987
Question no.
#0
Type
Objective
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