WAEC Literature in English 2024 Objective — Question 10

Question 10 of 50 from the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Literature in English 2024 Objective paper, with the correct answer and a full explanation.

10. (My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains / My sense, as though of hemlock I have drunk) The metrical pattern is A.

A. anapestic.
B. dactylic.
C. iambic.Correct
D. trochaic.

Explanation

In an iambic metrical pattern, each foot consists of two syllables with stress on the second syllable, creating a rhythmic rising and falling motion common in English poetry.

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