This question is based on Literary Appreciation. 'From the sky suspended the strings of tattered pants marched on trembling feet under stone heavy-kits marc...

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Literature In English - 2009 Subject: Literature In English

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This question is based on Literary Appreciation.
'From the sky suspended the strings of tattered pants marched on trembling feet under stone heavy-kits marched, on their breast scared, monogram of skulls and bones'
Ossie Enekwe:Mass for the Dead
The subject matter of the extract above is
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The subject matter of the extract is war. The author paints a vivid image of soldiers marching with tattered pants and heavy kits on their trembling feet, bearing the monogram of skulls and bones on their breast. The use of words like "stone-heavy kits" and "scared monogram of skulls and bones" depicts the harshness and brutality of war. The mention of the "strings of tattered pants" suggests the vulnerability and helplessness of the soldiers caught in the middle of a conflict.

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