Original Articles

Rhyme as a distinctive feature in the Northern-Sotho sonnet

DOI: 10.1080/02572117.1987.10586690
Author(s): C.B. Swanepoel, Republic of South Africa,
Keywords: ,

Abstract

Rhyme as a verse technical means is something new to African poetry. It is also principally limited to the written or so-called ‘modern’ poetry. In this article the focus is placed on rhyme as a distinctive feature in the Northern-Sotho sonnet.

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