WAEC - Literature In English (2023 - No. 8)

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 two stanzas are built on
alternate rhyme
identical rhymes
couplets
run-on lines

Explanation

The two stanzas are built on alternate rhyme. An alternate rhyme, also known as an ABAB rhyme scheme, is a rhyme pattern where the first and third lines rhyme, and the second and fourth lines rhyme.

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