WAEC Literature in English 2011 Objective — Question 11

Question 11 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Literature in English 2011 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

The pattern of beats to denote movement in poetry is

A. A. refrain
B. B. metreCorrect
C. C. rhyme
D. D. scansion

Explanation

Metre is the recurrence of a rhythmic pattern of stress in a poem - the recurrence of weak and strong syllables. Types include monometer, dimeter, trimetre, tetrametre, pentameter and hexameter.

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