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WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 2022 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

Read the poem below and answer the following questions

Your lies are the withering strokes still, they come from the inner recesses of your dungeoned heart.
And though venomous than the venom, they inspire our once dociled minds to disorders
even as your angels of death pass us by with messages of hopeless hope.

Did you read our mind in your lies?
We know the seat of power in a castle of your evil heart; where your lies are imprisoned to be released again and again; they are never in rain! but they have soothed us calmly , your lies; the war is not of you anymore, it is of the angels who pass us by with messages of peace.



But they have soothed us calmly, your lies illustrates

Answer Details
The phrase "But they have soothed us calmly, your lies" is an example of irony. Irony is a literary device in which there is a contradiction between what is expected and what actually happens or is said. In this case, the speaker is saying that the lies have soothed them, which is unexpected because lies are typically seen as harmful or hurtful. Therefore, the statement is ironic because it goes against the expected outcome of lying.