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JAMB Literature In English 2017 Paper

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This question is based on Selected Poems from Johnson, R et al(eds): New Poetry from Africa; Soyinka,(ed); Poems of Black Africa; Senanu, K.E, and Vincent, T.(ed): A Selection of African Poetry; Gbemisola A.: Naked Soles; Hayward, J.(ed.); The Penguin Book of English Verse and Nwoga, D.(ed): West African verse.

... goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast'

The literary device in the extract above from Herbert's The Pulley is

metonymy
personification
oxymoron
irony

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