Read the poem and answer the question: UNSEEN POETRY AND PROSE I wonder how long, you awful parasite, Shall share with me this little bed, And make me, from...

Assessment: WAEC SSCE - Literature In English - 1999 (Objective) Subject: Literature In English

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Read the poem and answer the question:

UNSEEN POETRY AND PROSE

I wonder how long, you awful parasite,
Shall share with me this little bed,
And make me, from sweet dreams be lost
By sucking blood from my poor head.

I should but say man has much
Blood, which you and your families do feed
On, for supper, dinner, and lunch,
And besides, you do in my bed breed.

Clever thou art, tiny creature;
You attend me when I am deep asleep
When thou art sure, I can't you capture,
Just at the time I snore deep.

'Tis is strange that before twilight,
The bed clear of you would seem;
For not one of you is my sight
As if your presence was in a dream.

The person's mood is one of
Answer Details
The person's mood in this poem is one of despair. The speaker is addressing a bed bug, which they refer to as an "awful parasite" that shares their bed and sucks blood from their head, causing them to lose sleep and sweet dreams. The speaker feels helpless against the bed bug, which cleverly feeds on them while they are deep asleep and cannot capture it. The use of words like "lost", "poor", and "breed" emphasizes the speaker's sense of hopelessness and powerlessness in the situation. Therefore, the option that best fits the speaker's mood in this poem is despair.

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