JAMB - Literature In English (2018 - No. 27)

Serrated Shadows, through dark leaves,
Till, bathed in warm suffusion of your dapped cells
sensation pained me, faceless, silent as night thieves
Wole Soyinka: "Night" 


The dominant mood in the lines above is one at____________
apprehension
defiance
joy
indifference

Explanation

Apprehension is the suspicion or fear especially of future evil, this is evident in the piece as the writer is suspicious of the “ night children “.

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