Curriculum Connections

Index of Rhyme Schemes

This page contains a list of the animals and the rhyme schemes that occur in their respective poems:

1. Kiboko - Irregular (lines 1&2 rhyme, 5 -een rhymes in 4 lines in middle of poem, remaining lines do not rhyme)
2. Punda Milia
- All refrain words rhyme (-ated); other stanzas: 1122)
3. Mbuni
- Only last two lines rhyme (plus two internal rhymes)
4. Fisi - 1122
5. Twiga
- 112233
6. Swara
- Non-end rhyming (though dance/prance is central internal rhyme)
7. Muhanga
- Part One is non-end rhyming (but has lots of alliteration and some internal rhyming); Part Two: X1X1, 22, X3X3
8. Chui
- X1X1, X2X2 repeated in each stanza
9. Kifaru
- 112332 repeated in each stanza
10. Nyani
- 112233 etc.
11. Mchwa
- 12123434 etc.
12. Nyati
- 11111
13. Nyumbu
- Repetition of -ing words has rhyming effect; -ade words are repeated at regular intervals (end of second line of each stanza).
14. Duma
- 112233 etc.
15. Mbu
- 112233
16. Ngiri
- 112X2 in 1st two stanzas; 1122 in remaining stanzas
17. Tembo
- Non-rhyming
18. Tai
- Irregular end and internal rhyming.
19. Chatu
- 112233 etc.
20. Mamba
- Irregular, with 1122 in the middle
21. Wibari
- Non-end rhyming, some internal rhymes.

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