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Title:Tiv oral verse as prototypical poetry
Author:Jenkwe, Toryima E.
Year:1982
Periodical:Nigeria Magazine
Issue:143
Pages:21-27
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:Tiv
oral poetry
Abstract:This paper seeks to establish the following assertions: 1. That Tiv oral verse is as poetic in conception as any other poetic genre; 2. That Tiv poetry embodies (in principle), all such literary qualities and elements that render a piece of poetic art undoubtedly poetic; 3. The paper attempts to pin down those distinctive embodiments of Tiv verse which are either absent or unobtrusive in other forms of poetry - oral or written. Ref.
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