Ukuhluza inkondlo. Isakhiwo sangaphakathi nesakhiwo sangaphandle.

2.  Yini inkondlo (incazelo)
 Inkondlo ubuciko bokuhlelwa kwamazwi
abhaliwe noma akhulunywayo lapho imbongi
iveza imicabango nemizwa yayo ngomfutho.
 Inkondlo ingaba mayelana nesimo esithile,
into ethile noma ngomuntu othile, Inkondlo
ingagxeka ibuye yetuse

3.  Kubalulekile ukuthi uma uhluza inkondlo
ubheke isakhiwo sayo
 Isakhiwo senkondlo sihlukaniseke kabili:
isakhiwo sangapandle
isakhiwo sangaphakathi

4. Isakhiwo sangaphandle
 Indinyana (stanza)
 Imvumelwano (rhyme)
 Isigci (rhythm)
 Impindwa (refrain)
 Ukuphinda
amaphethini(repetation)
 Ifanamsindo (allitaration)
Isakhiwo
sangaphakathi
 Imifaniso mqondo
 Umoya wenkondlo
 Ukujula kwenkondlo

5. Indinyana (stanza)
Indinyana yethula umqondo nomyalezo owodwa
enkondlweni. Indinyana yakhiwa imigca,
imigca ingaba:
 emibili (Couplet)
 emathathu (trecet)
 emine (quantrain)
 emihlanu (quintet)
 eyisithupha (sestet)
 eyisikhombisa (septet)
 neyisishiyagalombili (octet)

6.  Imvumelwano-sigcino
{ab, ab, cc noma ab; ab; cc; dd}
e.g. ngoba ngibona kimi kuqothuk’ ekhanda
izinwele zobusha, izimv’ekhanda
 Imvumelwano-siqala
e.g. Ngizikwela nge sul’ izithukuthuku
Ngithi ngiphezulu nibon’izikhatha
Imvumelwano-maphakathi
e.g. Khona ngizolala sengozela,
Ngoba ngibona kuqhaqhazela

7.  Izinkondlo zabase-Afrika zibanesigqi lapho
imbongi isebenzisa imigqa engalingani nokho
kube nokuhambisana komqondo owethulwa
kuleyo nkondlo.
 Isigqi siveza umoya othile enkondlweni
njengokuthukuthela noma ukukhathazeka.

8.  Udlondlwane luya luhlezi,
 Luya ludlondlobele
 Luyadla lubek’ isihlang’ emadolweni.
 Isidlukula dlwedlwe.
 Uhlany’ olusemehlwe’ amadoda.

9. Ukuxhumana kwemiqondo (parallelism)
 ukuxhumana-siqalo (initial linking)
e.g. Dumisani mishini yezinkomponi
Dumisani mishini ningalaleli
 ukuxhumana-sigcino (final linking)
e.g. Ngaphakamis’ amehlo ngakubona kweliphezulu
Ngakubona uchakaz’ uhlezi kweliphezulu

10. Ukuxhumana okuyinxemu/okutshekile
e.g. Ngema ngakhexa ngalalela
Ngalalel’ iminjunju yenhliziyo
 Ukuxhumanisa okuyisiphambano
e.g. umama wayishaya ingane,
Ingane yamthukuthelela umama.

11.  Unjengethishelakazi phambi kwezichwe
 Unjengomfundisi phambi kwebandla
(uNyazi 3 Ikhasi 49)

12.  Impindwa yenzeka lapho umugqa owodwa
noma umqondo owodwa utholakala ekuqaleni
noma ekugcineni kwezindima (stanza)
ezahlukene.
E.g. Funda inkondlo ethi ‘Wadla Hulumeni’
ebhalwe uDaninile ntuli encwadini ethi
Inkundla ekhasini-56 okuyinkondlo-46
Impindwa etholakalayo ithi “Wadla Hulumeni”

13.  Ifanamsindo ukufana kwemisindo omgqeni
owodwa:
e.g. Udlondlwane luya luhlezi,
Luya ludlondlobele
Luyadla lubek’ isihlang’ emadolweni.
Isidlukula dlwedlwe.
Uhlany’ olusemehlwe’ amadoda.

14. Imifaniso mqondo
 imifaniso mqondo kulapho imbongi isebenzisa
into ethile ukuyifanisa nenye into . Isibonelo,
imbongi ingasebenzisa inkomo iyifanise
nenkosi uShaka.
 Esikhathini esinini ababhali bezinkondlo
basebenzisa izifenqo njengemifaniso mqondo

15. Isifaniso (simile)
 lapha umbhali ufanisa izinto ezimbili
ngokusebenzisa isakhi- njenge, okwe,fana ne
e.g. Ingan’ ehamb’ ebumnyameni
njenge kati lon’ elinamehl’ esibani

16.  Isingathekiso kulapho umbhali efanisa
umuntu noma into ethule ngokusebenzisa
isakhi- yi. Lokhu sibuye sithi isifaniso ngqo.
e.g. Umlilo wothathe kaMjokwane
Umlilo wothathe, ubuhanguhanungu.
Kulesibonelo esingenhla, imbongi ifanisa
uShaka nomlilo.

17.  Lapha umbhali ufanisa into engaphili
nomuntu
e.g. Sathi sikhala isibhamu wonke umuntu
wathwala izandla ekhanda.
Umbhali wenze isibhamu ngathi umuntu,
isibhamu asikwazi ukukhala ngoba asiyena
umuntu.

18.  Ababhali abanini basebenzisa into ethile
emele enye into:
e.g. Amakholwa asithembile isiphambano
isiphambanouphawu olumele uNkulunkulu
 Esinye isibonelo sisithola encwadini ethi
‘uthingo lwenkosazana’. Lapha uthingo
lwenkosazana lusebenze njengopawu oumele
ukudlula kibunzima nethemba.

19.  Imbongi ingabhala inkondlo ngoba ithintekile
ngokuthile. Kungakho ungathi lapho ufunda
inkondlo yayo uzizwe nawe udumala, noma
ujabula noma uzizwe uba nothando oluthile.
 Ngakho-ke kumele inkondlo ivuse imizwa
ethile.

20.  Kuyenzeka ufunde inkondlo ethile uthole
umqondo wayo uphelele. Kodwa lapho
usuyihlolisisa uthole ukuthi iqukethe omunye
umqondo.
 Kungakhulunywa ngesiphambano kanti kube
kubhekiswe kuNkulunkulu

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