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 Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol Summary
5,871 words, approx. 20 pages Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol by Okot p’Bitek Among Africa’s most celebrated poets, Okot p’Bitek is also among the continent’s most idiosyncratic writers. Between his birth in 1931 and his death in 1982, p’Bitek was... summary from source:
 Song of Lawino Information
271 words, approx. 1 pages
 Song of Lawino is an epic poem written by Ugandan poet Okot p'Bitek. First published in 1966 in Luo it was quickly translated into other languages, including English. Song of Lawino has become one of the most widely read literary works originating from... 
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 The Literary Review Counterpart wife Clementine. (excerpt from 'Wer pa Lawino') (poem)
01/01/1993: 2,357 words, approx. 8 pages The Acholi Wer pa Lawino is a rhymed poem from the first line to the last. The predominant rhyme scheme is end rhyme of the ababcdcdefefghgh ... variety. Though in one passage there is a riot of aaaaaaaaaa ... Though there was no... summary from source:
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly The Song of Songs
04/01/2001: 866 words, approx. 3 pages ATHALYA BRENNER and CAROLE R. FONTAINE (eds.), The Song of Songs (Feminist Companion to the Bible 216; Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000). Pp. 211. Paper 16.45, $28.50. This second volume on the Song of Songs in the Feminist Companion series well illustrates important...
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by G. A. Heron
9,522 words, approx. 32 pages
In the following introduction to p'Bitek's Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol, Heron discusses the effects of translation on p'Bitek's poetry as well as details of the poems themselves.
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Critical Essay by Edward Blishen
6,930 words, approx. 23 pages
Blishen is an English autobiographer, fiction writer, and critic. In the following excerpt, he discusses p'Bitek's Song of Lawino, Song of Ocol, and Song of a Prisoner. He asserts that p'Bitek's poetry is musical and entertaining even as it expresses the agony of his people.
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Critical Essay by Nkem Okoh
6,271 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following essay, Okoh regards Song of Lawino as an experimental oral piece.
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