Description

The study is the comparative examination of the sublime in the imagery of Solomon's Song of Songs and Okot p'Bitek's Song of Lawino. The study sought to answer the research questions; has the imagery in Song of Songs and Song of Lawino been used to achieve the sublime? Has imagery been employed in the two songs as defamiliarisation tool for the sublime? Do Solomon and Okot use explicit imagery and sexual metaphor for the sublime effect? The researcher gathered data from printed textual materials, that is, both primary and secondary texts. The textual checklist was used as the basis for data collection. The researcher read, identified and examined the aspects of imagery in Song of Songs and Song of Lawino against the sources of the sublime. To ensure validity of results, the aspects of imagery used were recorded and edited regularly to determine how they resulted in the sublime.