WAEC Literature in English 2011 Objective — Question 2
Question 2 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Literature in English 2011 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.
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As chapter is to prose, so ___ is to poetry.
- A. A. couplet
- B. B. stanzaCorrect
- C. C. line
- D. D. chorus
Explanation
Poetry is divided into stanzas, just as prose is divided into chapters. Stanzas include: one-line stanza, couplet (two lines), triplet (three lines), quatrain (four lines), and so on up to an octave (eight lines); a group of stanzas longer than an octave forms a canto.
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