Oral poetry was not simply a way of telling lovely or important stories, or of flexing the imagination.

口头诗歌不仅仅是一种讲述美好或重要故事的方式，也不只是一种展现想象力的方式。

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The greater part of folk poetry is folk song which is an oral tradition passed on from mouth to mouth . it is a communal form of expression and appears to be universal.

民间诗歌很大一部分是民歌，这是一种口头流传的文化传统，一种公共的表达方式，似乎世界各地都普遍采用。

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Poetry is the art of language and language involves oral utterances.

诗歌是语言的艺术，语言是要求言说的。

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And so you will hear Homeric characters referred to by epithets, Homer, part of the technique of passing on oral poetry is by having epithets attached to the rulers to help with the meter.

你会发现有一些别称用来称呼荷马时代的人,荷马时代,口口传诵诗歌的技巧之一,就是在统治者名字后面加上别称,使之更押韵

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The lively, impromptu oral poetry known as Tsiattista was inscribed in 2013 on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

UNESCO: Tsiattista poetic duelling

Tsiattista is a lively, impromptu oral poetry performed in Greek Cypriot dialect whereby one poet-singer attempts to outdo another with clever verses of rhyming couplets often performed to the accompaniment of the violin or lute.

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Iraqis like to say they are the best poets in the Arab world, where the continuing oral tradition and historical esteem given to poetry puts verse on TV and on the front page of papers.

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