WAEC Literature in English 2014 Objective — Question 10

Question 10 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Literature in English 2014 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

A poem in which a lone speaker seems to be addressing someone else is a

A. pathetic fallacy
B. verbal irony
C. dramatic irony
D. dramatic monologueCorrect

Explanation

A dramatic monologue employs the voice of a character in a poem who addresses someone else, as in William Blake's 'The School Boy'.

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