Calypso Music

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This paper discusses calypso music, the form of music indigenous to Trinidad, as oral poetry. The paper analyzes the type of poetry, repetition, rhyming schemes and piling that are found within calypso music. It specifically focuses on five songs and examines the ways they were written. The paper examines the three most important tradition in calypso - French, English and African.

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"Calypso is a form of music indigenous to Trinidad. According to Keith Q. Warner in "The Language of the Calypso", "The modern calypsonian is the sum of many traditions, any of which may surface from time to time" (Warner 29). What this means is that there is no calypso that represents the entire genera perfectly. Three of the most important traditions in calypso are French, English and African. "

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