i)Hurry hurry has no blessings.
ii)Alliteration - haraka haraka haina baraka.
Assonance haraka haraka haina Baraka
iii)Things done in haste have little benefit
It is used in advising people against rushing into doing things without stopping to think.
iv)Brevity
-Used sound pattern
-Have two parts -proposition and the completion
-Have word images
-Draws its objects and imagery from the community or environment around that community
marto answered the question on October 17, 2017 at 06:05
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