It’s true. My sign name is the letter J, for my first name, but one moves the little finger in a circle up by the side of the head, like “Crazy J.” That stuff gets used all the time, but is not always as obvious to non-signing people.
Treat my answer as what it is - hearsay - but the way I remember reading about it being explained, there is indeed sign-language poetry, and gestures having similar or complimentary movements were considered rhyming, which I guess also makes intuitive sense.
Along the same lines, do deaf people compose poems in ASL? What aspect of that language plays the part of rhyme?
I seem to recall that there are rhymes in ASL, where signs for two things have similar motions/shapes/speeds.
It’s true. My sign name is the letter J, for my first name, but one moves the little finger in a circle up by the side of the head, like “Crazy J.” That stuff gets used all the time, but is not always as obvious to non-signing people.
Treat my answer as what it is - hearsay - but the way I remember reading about it being explained, there is indeed sign-language poetry, and gestures having similar or complimentary movements were considered rhyming, which I guess also makes intuitive sense.
Yep, and there is sign language poetry in lots of different sign languages!
It’s a beautiful and unique artform IMO
What is ballet, if not poetry for the deaf?