There is divergence in the opinions of scholars on the relevant knowledge by which the prosodic elements in texts, and in oral poetry in particular can be mitigated. Extracts relating and relevant to the stylistic and prosodic elements in the poem were sampled and analyzed using stylistic theory with case method. Using Wẹríì Mi O, - ‘wash my head o’, a Yoruba indigenous poem performed by Adebayọ Faleti, as a case study, it is found out that, various linguistic elements are deployed around non-verbal communication media and materials. This study concludes that, on the one hand, it is the stylistic studies that validates prosodic elements and styles in texts; since it is the knowledge that navigates through the linguistic and literary routes in texts. And, occurrence of prosodic elements in oral poetry are unpredictable as such varies in accordance with text and poet’s styles.