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The nature of oral poetry

- Author(s)
- Lord, Albert B.
- Title
- The nature of oral poetry
- In
- Comparative Research on Oral Traditions, 1987
- Subjects
- Improvised Verse Singing (generic)
- Type of material
- Article
Three-part article that accomplishes the following: 1) concludes that one who memorizes (without composing) oral poetry cannot be called an oral traditional poet; 2) differentiates between composition in performance and improvisation; and 3) calls for more research into the nature of transitional texts.