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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.



The tone of the speaker shows

Answer Details
The tone of the speaker in the poem is one of helplessness. The speaker expresses how the lies of someone else have caused disorder in their once docile minds, and how those lies continue to be released from the "castle" of the liar's heart. The speaker also acknowledges how the lies have had a calming effect, but ultimately, the war is not with the liar anymore, but with the "angels of death" who bring messages of peace. The use of words such as "venomous", "hopeless hope", and "imprisoned" all convey a sense of powerlessness and despair.