WAEC Literature in English 2021 Objective — Question 6

Question 6 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Literature in English 2021 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

6. A three-line stanza, rhymed ABA, BCD, CDC is a

A. couplet.
B. haiku.
C. terza rima.Correct
D. heroic couplet.

Explanation

Terza rima is a rhyming verse form of Italian origin consisting of three-line, eleven-syllable tercets, with the middle line of one verse rhyming with the first and third lines of the next (ABA, BCB, CDC...).

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