Question 62

Read the following poem carefully and answer the questions that follow:
I love you, my gentle one;
My love is the fresh milk in the rubindi
Which you drank on the wedding day;
My love is the butter we were smeared with
To seal fidelity into our hearts
You are the cattle-bird's egg.
For those who say you are wealthy;
You are the papyrus read of the lake;
Which they pull out with both hands.
And I sing for you with tears
Because you possess my heart.
I love you my gentle one.

The poem is an example of

  • A.a lyric
  • B.a dirge
  • C.an ode
  • D.an epic
Objective

Question details

Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Literature in English
Year
1998
Question no.
#62
Type
Objective

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