KCSE revision made easier: Commonly tested KCSE questions in English Paper One 101/1 -Rhythm in Poetry
How can a poet achieve or create rhythm in a poem?
A poem refers to a composition presented in verse form.
This therefore means that a poet does not pick words havazardly.
A poet makes use of carefully selected words arranged in a particular way to create a special musical effect technically referred to as rhythm.
Poets in most cases make use of sound patterns also referred to as sound devices or mnemonics to create rhythm in a poem and repetition.
Hoe to create rhythm in a poem
Rhythm can be achieved in a poem by:
1. Using repetition
In many cases, an author of a poem can choose to use words, phrases or lines severally within the same poem.
The use of recurrent words, phrases or lines is what we refer to as repetition.
2. Using ideophones
An ideophones is a non-English word or phrase describing the exact sound produced.
The girrafe walked patapata
He knocked ko ko ko
Pata pata and ko ko ko are ideophones.
3. Using onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is a sound pattern which makes use of English words that simulate sounds.
Examples of onomatopoeic words include knock, roar, ring, chirp etc.
4. Using rhyme
Rhyme is the sameness of sounds at the end of lines in a poem.
Rhyming words in most cases come at the end of lines. They are vertically ordered.
pay and day
Say and weigh
Eight and weight
Art and smart
5. Using alliteration
Alliteration refers to the repetition of initial/first consonant sounds (not letters) in different words that follow each other within a line of a poem.
Alliterative words are horizontally arranged for example
Little Lily let Liam live a lie /l/
I will wander without focus if you left me. /w/
Note that it is advisable to underline the repeated consonant sound for clear demacation of the sound in question.
6. Using consonance
Consonance refers to the repetition of similar consonant sounds (not letters) either at the middle or end of different words that follow each other in a line of a poem.
Betty let the pet wet the set. /t/
Note that it is advisable to underline the exact repeated sound for clear demacation.
7. Using assonance
Assonance refers to the repetition of similar vowel sounds in words that follow each other within the same line in a poem.
Assonance is horizontally ordered.
He will win the race. /I/
KCSE: Mafunzo ya kawaida ya KCSE katika Kiingereza Karatasi ya Kwanza 101-1 - Rhythm katika Shairi Jinsi gani mshairi anaweza kufikia au kuunda rhythm katika shairi? Shairi hurejezea maandishi yaliyoandikwa katika namna ya mashairi. Kwa hiyo hii inamaanisha kwamba mshairi hachagui maneno kwa uangalifu. "Mshairi hutumia maneno yaliyochaguliwa kwa uangalifu na kupangwa kwa njia fulani ili kutokeza muziki wa pekee unaoitwa ""muziki.""" "Washairi katika kesi nyingi hutumia mifumo ya sauti, pia inajulikana kama ""vifaa vya sauti"" au ""mnemonics"" kuunda rhythm katika shairi na kurudia." Jinsi ya kuunda rhythm katika shairi Rhythm inaweza kupatikana katika shairi kwa: 1. Kutumia kurudia Katika kesi nyingi, mwandishi wa shairi anaweza kuchagua kutumia maneno, misemo au mistari tofauti ndani ya shairi moja. Matumizi ya maneno, misemo au mistari inayorudiwa-rudiwa ndiyo tunayoita kurudia-rudia. 2. Uwezekano wa kupata Kutumia ideophones Ideophones ni neno au kifungu kisicho cha Kiingereza kinachoelezea sauti halisi inayotokezwa. Giraffe alitembea patapata Yeye knocked ko ko ko Pata pata na ko ko ko ni ideophones. 3. Uwe na mtazamo wa kweli Kutumia onomatopoeia Onomatopoeia ni muundo wa sauti ambayo hutumia maneno ya Kiingereza ambayo huiga sauti. Mifano ya maneno onomatopoeic ni pamoja na kugonga, roar, pete, chirp nk. 4. Uwe na uhakika Kutumia rhyming Rhyming ni usawa wa sauti mwishoni mwa mistari katika shairi. Maneno yenye mstari katika visa vingi huja mwishoni mwa mistari. Wao ni vertically ili. "Kama vile ""Say and Weigh"" na ""Eight and Weight"" na ""Art and Smart"" na ""Five and a Half.""" Alliteration ni neno linalomaanisha kurudia kwa sauti za kwanza za konsonanti katika maneno tofauti ambayo hufuata moja baada ya nyingine katika mstari wa shairi. "Neno la ""alliterative"" linapatikana kwa njia ya usawa, kwa mfano, ""Little Lily"" linasema: ""Nitakuwa nikizurura bila kukaza fikira ikiwa utaniacha.""" Kwa mfano, kwa sauti ya kawaida ya konsonanti, ni muhimu kuelezea sauti ya sauti ya sauti ya sauti ya sauti ya sauti ya sauti ya sauti. 6. Uwe na uhakika "Kutumia konsonansi ni neno linalomaanisha ""kurudia sauti za konsonanti zinazofanana (si herufi) katikati au mwisho wa maneno tofauti ambayo hufuatana katika mstari wa shairi.""" Betty aliruhusu mnyama huyo aoge kwenye jukwaa. Kumbuka kwamba ni bora kuangazia sauti ya mara kwa mara kwa ajili ya demacation wazi. 7. Uwe na mtazamo gani? Asonance ni neno linalomaanisha kurudia sauti za vokali zinazofanana katika maneno ambayo hufuata moja baada ya nyingine katika mstari mmoja katika shairi. Asonance ni utaratibu wa usawa. Yeye atashinda mbio hizo. I_I_I_I_I_I