Analysis of Kutalwa kweNkhosana
Lalisibekele lishay' matse etimphungane,
Imvelo yayiphikisana ngetinkhulumo,
Angiyiteki yeti-nkonjane betikhashane.
Tinkhomo tikhala kwangatsi kukhona lefako,
Ematfole atjakadvula akhomba injabulo.
Bomake bangena baphuma ekamelweni,
Bonkhe bebalindzel' inkhosatane.
Kwabonakala ngelilanga licoshwa inyeti,
Ngisho ngembulukusa phela ngaphambi kwekutsi livale.
Kwamangala ngisho nemakhosi aka-Nkosi,
Angamange avakashele esgodlwen' kuyobika.
Bamkhipha ekamelweni basondzela esibayeni,
Tabhonsa tinkhomo, layidliva litulu.
Kwabonakala ngetinkhomo tisondzela dvute,
Kwavakala bu-ngwa ngwa ngwa.
Kwamangala makhosi phansi kwesihlahla.
Kwakhuta talukwati umsindvo bewentiwa ngumntfwana
Tavala tindlebe ngoba bewendlulele,
Kwatise phela kutsi yinkhosana.
Asondzela makhehla ambika edlotini.
Kwavala imbuti ikhal' kanye nenkhomo,
Kubongwa lona lidloti lakankhosi.
Kwasuka intfutfu yaya etulu,
Savula sibhakabhaka,
Kwavela lilanga, abaleka mafu.
Scheme | ABACD AAEDFC ADEXD ADAA BFDCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 111 11011 11111 1111 1111 111 1111 111111 111101 1111 1111 1111 1111 11111 1111 11111 1111 1111 1111 11111 11011 1111 11 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 940 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 5, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
The birth of my young brother atfer my father's death... He is the young prince now in the young village called sahhulube trust.
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