can some1 tell me about it
2007-11-26 22:33:43 · 3 answers · asked by Haya L 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
No people in the world manifest such enthusiastic admiration for literary expression and are so moved by the word, spoken or written, as the Arabs. Modern audiences in Baghdad, Damascus and Cairo can be stirred to the highest degree by the recital of poems, only vaguely comprehended, and by the delivery of orations in the classical tongue, though it be only partially understood. The rhythm, the rhyme, the music, produce on them the effect of what they call "lawful magic" (sihr halal).
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THE METRES normally used in Arabic poetry were first codified in the 8th century by al-Khalil bin Ahmad and have changed little since.
Metre (wazn) is based on the length of syllables rather than stress. A short syllable is a consonant followed by a short vowel. A long syllable is a vowelled letter followed by either an unvowelled consonant or a long vowel. A nunation sign at the end of a word also makes the final syllable long.
In Arabic poetry each line (bayt; abyat) is divided into two halves (shatr; shatrayn).
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2007-11-26 23:30:32 · answer #1 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably one of the better places to start would be the Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry edited by J.D. McClatchy. I say that because it has most of the popular current poets listed by their respective countries and it is as good a place to start as any. After that, you can begin to travel back in literary history to Gibran, Rumi, Lala, the hafiz, Nuwas and others.
2007-11-27 06:41:24 · answer #2 · answered by Dancing Bee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It has a lot to do with culture... landscape... country... look up the lebanese poet (Really Famous)
Gibran Khalil Gibran ... you will see Many, Great luckk
Your friendly neighborhood Arab. :)
2007-11-26 22:37:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋