Question 45

Read the extract below and answer the question

Lock up my doors, and when you hear the drum
And the vile squealing of the wry-necked fife.
Clamber not you up to the casements then
Nor thrust you up to the casements then
TO GAZE ON CHRISTIAN FOOLS WITH VARNISHED FACES.

(Act 11 sc V)


The dominant literary device used in the extract is

  • A.allusion
  • B.irony
  • C.symbolism
  • D.metonymy
Objective

Question details

Exam body
WAEC
Subject
Literature in English
Year
2002
Question no.
#45
Type
Objective

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