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WAEC - Literature In English (2000 - No. 21)

UNSEEN POETRY

Read the poem below and answer the question:

Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.

UNSEEN POETRY

Read the poem below and answer the question:

Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.

UNSEEN POETRY

Read the poem below and answer the question:

Now, Joy is born of parents poor,
And Pleasure of our richer kind;
Though Pleasure's free, she cannot sing
As sweet a song as Joy confined.

Pleasure's a moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.

The poem says that ''Joy'' is
for the poor
natural and satisfying
artificial and transitory
for lovers

Explanation

This is conveyed in the lines where "Joy" is described as a butterfly that loves to spread its wings in Nature's light, suggesting that it is associated with simplicity, natural beauty and contentment.

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