Zulu- Poetry Flashcards
Poem
Inkondlo
Title
Isihloko
Rhyme
Imvulemano
Initial rhyme
Imvumelwano-siqalo
Sounds are repeated at the beginning of two consecutive lines
Internal rhyme
Imvumelwan-maphakathi
Sounds are repeated in the middle of lines
Final rhyme
Imvumelwano-sigcino
Sounds are repeated at the end of two consecutive lines
Linking
Ukuxhumana
Initial linking
Ukuxhumana-siqalo
Words are repeated at the beginning of two consecutive lines
Internal linking
Ukuxhumana-maphakathi
Words are repeated in the middle of two consecutive line
Final linking
Ukuxhumana-sigcino
Words are repeated at the end of consecutive lines
Cross linking
Ukuxhumana-okuyisiphambano
Word is used at the beginning of one line and the end of the next
Oblique linking
Ukuxhumana-okuyinxemu
Word is found at the end of one line and then at the beginning of the next line
Alternate linking
Ukuxhumana-okweqanayo
Word is found at the beginning of one line and at the beginning of the third line
Alliteration
Ifanamsindo
Consonants repeated
Ifanangwaqa
Vowels repeated
Ifanankamisa
Refrain
Impindwa
Repetition of a line or phrase in more than one stanza
Lines
Imigqa
Open line
I-enjambamenti/ umugqa ovulekile
No punctuation mark at the end
Closed line
Umugqa ovalekile
Punctuation mark at the end
Punctuation mark in the middle
Isuzura
Stanzas
Izitanza
Izigaba
Amabinza
