Original Articles

Imagery in the praise-poem Motswasele I: A Structural and functional analysis

Published in: South African Journal of African Languages
Volume 4 , issue sup1 , 1984 , pages: 100–110

DOI: 10.1080/02572117.1984.10587450

Author(s): SA Swanepoel ,

Abstract

Imagery is a feature which occurs generally in the literature. It can also be dealt with from different viewpoints and approaches. The aim with this paper is to give an outline of the viewpoints and to introduce a workable framework for analyzing imagery and to apply it to the praise-poem Motswasele I.

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