Preface Dedication
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Bird - Maya Angelou
PART ONE (1): AFRICAN POETRY
The song of the Women of My Land - Oumar Farouk Sesay
Black woman - Leopold S. Senghor
The Leader and the Led - Niyi Osundare
Raider of the Treasure Trove - Lade Wosornu
A Government Driver on His Retirement - Onu Chibulke
The Grieved Lands - Agostinho Neto
Binsey Poplars - Gerard Manley Hopkins
Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night - Dylan Thor
PART TWO (2): NON-AFRICAN POETRY

Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. even though most people think of africa as a desert, zimbabwe has a hot, tropical climate, so mangoes, passion fruit, pineapples, and avocados grow well there. a. compound b. simple c. complex d. compound-complex

Edgar allan poe uses many sound devices in his poem "the bells." which two words from the poem are examples of onomatopoeia?

Which two lines in this excerpt from arthur conan doyle's "the contest" suggest that emperor nero was ruthless? each choice is in brackets. [an hour later the shepherd was well on his way to his mountain home, and about the same time the emperor, having received the chaplet of olympia for the incomparable excellence of his performance, was making inquiries with a frowning brow as to who the insolent person might be who had dared to utter such contemptuous criticisms.] [“bring him to me here this instant,” said he, “and let marcus with his knife and branding-iron be in attendance.”] [“rumours! ” cried the angry nero. “what do you mean, arsenius? i tell you that the fellow was an ignorant upstart, with the bearing of a boor and the voice of a peacock.] [i have half a mind to burn their town about their ears so that they may remember my visit.”] [“i conquered! you are mad, arsenius. what do you mean? ”] [it is whispered that for once the great god pan has condescended to measure himself against a mortal.”]