Zulu - poetry

Inkondlo

Poem

Isifaniso

Simile

Isingathekiso

Metaphor

Ukwenzasamuntu

Personification

Ifanamsindo

Alliteration

Isivumelwano

Rhyme

Imbongi

Poet

Indikimba

Theme

Injongo/inhlonso

Aim/ Purpose

Umoya wenkondlo

Mood or tone

Isigaba/ibinza

Stanza

Umugqa

Line

Umugqa ovulekile

Awunazo iziphumuzo (no punctuation at end of line)

Umugqa ovalekile

Uneziphumuzo (punctuation at the end of the line)

Ijambamenti

Uma umqondo uphelela emgqeni olandelayo (idea continues to next line)

Isizura

Uma umugqa noma ulayini unesiphumuzo phakathi (when punctuation is in the middle of the line)

Izifengqo

Figures of speech

Isibonelo yasengithekiso:

Uthando luyiketango

Isibonelo isenzasamuntu

Mbulali - refers to aids as is a killer

Isibonelo sihaba

Hyperbole - Ungane unwabu (He/she is very angry)

Isibonelo sihlonipha

Euphism - Inkosi ikhotheme (king has died)

Imvumelwano

Rhyme - repetition of sounds

Imvumelwano siqalo

Similar sound at the beginning/start of the line

Imvumelwano maphakathi

Similar sound at the middle of the line

Imvumelwano sigcino

Similar sound at the end of the line

Ukuxhumana

Linking - repetition of whole words

Ukuxhumana siqalo

Beginning words repeated

Ukuxhumana maphakathi

Middle words repeated

Ukuxhumana sigcino

End words repeated

Ukuxhumana okuyinxemu

Beginning and end word repeated

Ukuxhumana okuyisiphambano

Criss- cross linking

Ukuxhumana okwenqanayo

Repetition of same word over a number of lines

Isihloko

Heading/topic

Umlobi

Author

Umbhali

Writer

Impindwa

Repetition of line in different paragraphs

Umusho

Sentence

Ingxoxo

Dialogue

Umakoti

Bride

Umkhwenyanya

Groom

Lambile

Hungry

Suthi

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