WAEC Literature-in-English · Section 3

African and Non-African Prescribed Poems

Poetry

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Official WAEC Literature-in-English outline · Poetry

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Prescribed African poems and Non-African poems

Objective

Analyze poetic devices, tone, mood, theme, and stanzaic structure in prescribed African poems (*Once Upon a Time*, *New Tongue*, *Night*, *Not My Business*, *Hearty Garlands*, *The Breast of the Sea*); analyze prescribed non-African poems (*She Walks in Beauty*, *The Nun's Priest's Tale*, *Digging*, *Still I Rise*, *The Telephone Call*, *The Stone*).

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