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CRITICAL APPRECIATION OF PROSE                         DIFFERENCES BETWEEN POETRY AND PROSE For a critical analysis of prose writing, it is essential to know the marks which distinguish prose from poetry. In general, we are able to identify poetry quite easily. We also find it easier to appreciate poetry than prose. However, the following specific distinguishing characteristics are noteworthy. First, poetry has a visible and distinct formal pattern. It is metrical and written according to foot, line and stanza. Different forms of poetry have quite specific format; for example, sonnets have 14 lines, prose on the other hand, has formal division only in the sentence, paragraph and, it is non-metrical. Secondly, poetry has sound pattern, i.e. a clearly defined rhyme scheme and/ or rhythm which depends on repetition mostly poetry can hardly be spoken naturally,...

DETAILED LITERARY DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH POETRY RHYTHM / METRE Rhythm is the measurable pattern of a poem. (Or verse) It is the metrical movement, order in the stanza form, or overall structure of the poem. It is the beat, or order and measure of the poem. This is why rhythm and metre are classified as one; but there is a distinction between them. Rhythm depends upon the arrangement of stresses. Stress is the syllable to which we give force, breath or emphasis in spoken language, speech or what is called emphatic stress. It is therefore, better and easier to pick up rhythm by ear than just looking at the words to determine which is the stressed or unstressed. Nevertheless, rhythm in poetry is not a matter of counting syllables alone. Metre is the basic pattern of a poem. These basic patterns are iambic, trochaic, anapestic, and dactylic. Feet are used in the composition of patterns. In verse, a foot is the stressed syllable together with the unstressed syllable in a l...

SOURCES OF AFRICA THEATER /AVvXsEixqVPfJBbtwsYdk2LBQsub0d9GVdcOemkpfxDVJq0MHQjc3H_7t4hdpBOn8fdBqsNLQwBaBGi0g_hBEBnuozca4eCE7OpdpgYd4yONko8qIyVDaKLmpQi3ttmttBN_kq-mboOnpmf0Ui4/s369/lib+re+5.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> Most of the information we have of Africa theater comes from anthropologist, socialscientist and theater scholars generally; however, we can classify these sources into the following: Festivals, Masks, Rituals, Legends, Myths and imitation acts. Let us examine each of sources intimately.   FESTIVALS      Festivals are times of celebrations, merrymaking with series of performance including : dance, songs, and drama. They are instituted annually or bi-annually. Some after every two years duration or even some five or seven years   depending on the community involved. It serves as a means of giving honor and thanks to the gods, the deities, the ancestors. In Africa tradition all festivals are mainl...