Oral Literature Revision with Answers: It has Dawned Song
Instructions: Below is an oral poem. Study the poem and answer the questions that follow according to the given instructions.
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Oral Literature Revision with Answers: It has Dawned Song
Instructions: Below is an oral poem. Study the poem and answer the questions that follow according to the given instructions. Oh! It has dawned Oh! It has dawned You asking for a loincloth to take where? Uncircumcised man of
Ngiro It has dawned What do you need a
loincloth for? Now only your mother
can help you Uncircumcised man of
Ngiro What do you need a
loincloth for? Won’t you call your
mother to plead for you? Oh! It has dawned Ii ii ii it has dawned What do you need a
loincloth for? Question 1. Making close references to the poem, identify
any three aspects of oral performance that make this poem easy to remember. Answer: This question
is testing on the knowledge of the characteristics of oral poems (songs).
Such characteristics include Use of repetition, use of ideophones, use of
direct address, focus on immediate occurrence, use of short simple stanzas.
However, to score full marks, the student must explain each point mentioned and
use the given oral poem as a point of reference. Suggested …
