This document discusses the structure and elements of Zulu poetry known as inkondlo. It describes the external structure of inkondlo including stanzas, rhyme, rhythm, refrains, repetition, and alliteration. The internal structure includes themes, mood, and meaning. Specific poetic devices like parallelism and similes are also explained. The purpose and interpretation of inkondlo is to convey emotion and meaning to the reader or listener.

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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