WAEC - Literature In English (2023 - No. 5)

Read the poem below and answer the question below:

Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn,

Grew lean while he assailed the seasons

He wept that he was ever born,

And he had reasons.
 

Miniver loved the days of old

When swords were bright and steeds prancing

The vision of a warrior bold

Would set him dancing.
 

Read the poem below and answer the question below:

Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn,

Grew lean while he assailed the seasons

He wept that he was ever born,

And he had reasons.
 

Miniver loved the days of old

When swords were bright and steeds prancing

The vision of a warrior bold

Would set him dancing.
 

Read the poem below and answer the question below:

Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn,

Grew lean while he assailed the seasons

He wept that he was ever born,

And he had reasons.
 

Miniver loved the days of old

When swords were bright and steeds prancing

The vision of a warrior bold

Would set him dancing.
 

The metrical structure is predominantly
trochaic
dactyllic
iambic
spondaic

Explanation

The metrical structure of the poem is predominantly iambic. An iambic meter is one of the most common metrical forms in English poetry and is characterized by an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.

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