Poem Terminology Flashcards
Isihloko
Title
Sithini isihloko senkondlo?
What is the title of the poem?
Bhala isihloko senkondlo
Write the title of the poem
Izitanza/Izigaba/Amabinza
Stanzas
Zingaki izitanza zenkondlo?
How many stanzas are in the poem?
Bhala izigaba zenkondlo ngesiZulu.
Write the stanzas of the poem in isiZulu
Bhala amabinza enkondlo ngamagama esiZulu.
Write the stanzas of the poem in words of isiZulu
line/Lines
Umugqa/Imigqa
Mingaki imigqa yenkondlo?
How many lines of this poem?
Bhala imigqa yenkondlo ngesiZulu.
Write the lines of the poem in isiZulu
Umbhali/umlobi/imbongi
Author
Ngubani umbhali wale nkondlo?
Who is the author of this poem?
Bhala umlobi wenkondlo
Write down the poet of this poem
Imvumelwano
rhyming-When rhyming you only take part of the word not the whole word
Imvumelwano siqalo
rhyming in the beginning
Imvumelwano maphakathi
rhyming in the middle
Imvumelwano sigcino
rhyming at the end
Ukuxhumana
linking-When linking you link the whole word
Ukuxhumana siqalo
Linking in the beginning
Ukuxhumana maphakathi
Linking in the middle
Ukuxhumana sigcino
Linking at the end
Umugqa ovulekile-azikho izimpawu/iziphumuzi
open line- no punctuations.
Umugqa ovalekile-kukhona izimpawu/iziphumuzi
close line-there are punctuations.
Isifengqo
a figure of speech
Isingathekiso
Metaphor-(i-/u-/o-/yi-/ngu-/ngo-/nga
Isenzasamuntu
Personification
Isifaniso
Simile-njenge-, okwe-, njengo-, njenga-, fana
I-Enjambamenti
This tells us the idea of a poet carried onto to the next
line.Yet it’s also an open line
Isuzura
a line with a comma in the middle of the sentences.
Bhala umugqa unesuzura -
Write a sentence with a comma in the middle
Izinamba/izinombolo
Ishumi nanye
Ishumi nambili
Ishumi nantathu
Ishumi nane
Ishumi nanhlanu
Ishumi nesithupha
Ishumi nesikhombisa
Ishumi nesishiyagalombili
Ishumi nesishiyagalolunye
Amashumi amabili.
Number/Numbers
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
Ubunkondlo
Poetry
Impindwa
Repetition of a line
What is the does NA mean?
Have/Has/And/Also
Ifanakamisa
Assonance
Ifanangwaqa
Consonant