LITERATURE

JAMB 2011 - Question 29

Literature 2011 JAMB Past Questions - Question 29: 'With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness; And three trees on the low sky.' In the excerpt above from Eliot's Journey of the Magi, the dominant literary device is

based on selected poems from Ker, D. et al (eds.): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka, W. (ed.): Poems of Black Africa; Selection of African Poetry; Umukoro, M. et al (eds.) : Exam Focus : Literature in English; Eruvbetine, A. E. et al (eds.); Longman Examination Guides Nwoga, D. I. (ed): West African Verse .
'With a running stream and a water-mill beating the darkness; And three trees on the low sky.' In the excerpt above from Eliot's Journey of the Magi, the dominant literary device is
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Correct Answer

C

Explanation