WAEC Literature in English 2011 Objective — Question 30
Question 30 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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[Poem] "Here stood our ancestral home / The crumbling wall marks the spot / Here a sheep was led to the slaughter / To appease the gods and atone / For faults which our destiny / Has blossomed into crimes / There my cursed father once stood / And shouted to us, his children / To come back from our play / To our evening meal and sleep." Read the poem and answer questions 26-30. The image used in line six ('Has blossomed into crimes') is taken from
- A. A. war
- B. B. the moon
- C. C. flowersCorrect
- D. D. prison
Explanation
The image used in line six is taken from flowers - flowers blossom, and this imagery is applied to how the faults 'blossomed' into crimes.
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