JAMB - Literature In English (2025 - No. 31)

From the novel; Selected Poems from: Exam Focus: Literature-in-English: 2021-25
From the novel; Selected Poems from: Exam Focus: Literature-in-English: 2021-25
From the novel; Selected Poems from: Exam Focus: Literature-in-English: 2021-25

I shall booze and zoom myself home

The diction used in the above excerpt in Onu's "A Government Driver on His Retirement" is

onomatopoeic
veiled
complex
formalised

Explanation

Onomatopoeia refers to words that imitate the natural sounds of a thing or suggest their meaning through their sound.

  • "Zoom" imitates the sound of a vehicle moving at high speed. This imitates the persona's haste and excitement as he drives home in his new car.

  • "Booze" (and its variants like "boozy" echoes the sound of drinking or the clinking of glasses during the celebration.

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