Arabic poetry
Arabic poetry (Arabic .ash-shi‘ru al-‘Arabīyu) is the earliest form of Arabic literature. Present knowledge of poetry in Arabic dates from the 6th century, but oral poetry is believed to predate that. Arabic poetry is categorized into two main types, rhymed or measured, and prose, with the former greatly preceding the latter. The rhymed poetry falls within fifteen different meters collected and explained by al-Farahidi in The Science of ‘Arud. Al-Akhfash, a student of al-Farahidi, later added one more meter to make them sixteen. The meters of the rhythmical poetry are known in Arabic as "seas" (buḥūr). The measuring unit of seas is known as "taf‘īlah", and every sea contains a certain number of taf'ilas which the poet has to observe in every verse.(bayt) of the poem. The measuring procedur
field
main interest
primaryTopic
Arabic poetry
Arabic poetry (Arabic .ash-shi‘ru al-‘Arabīyu) is the earliest form of Arabic literature. Present knowledge of poetry in Arabic dates from the 6th century, but oral poetry is believed to predate that. Arabic poetry is categorized into two main types, rhymed or measured, and prose, with the former greatly preceding the latter. The rhymed poetry falls within fifteen different meters collected and explained by al-Farahidi in The Science of ‘Arud. Al-Akhfash, a student of al-Farahidi, later added one more meter to make them sixteen. The meters of the rhythmical poetry are known in Arabic as "seas" (buḥūr). The measuring unit of seas is known as "taf‘īlah", and every sea contains a certain number of taf'ilas which the poet has to observe in every verse.(bayt) of the poem. The measuring procedur
has abstract
Arabic poetry (Arabic .ash-shi ...... , structure, rhyme and topics.
@en
La poesía árabe (en árabe: الِ ...... icularmente en Egipto y Siria.
@es
La poésie arabe (en arabe : ال ...... be, du VIe siècle à nos jours.
@fr
الشعر العربي وله تعريفات عدة و ...... موشحات، والشعر المعاصر الحديث.
@ar
thumbnail
Link from a Wikipage to an external page
Wikipage page ID
Wikipage revision ID
745,152,489
quote
I no longer have any taste for ...... wn in seas of [too many] odes.
If a steamer leaves with my fr ...... t my complaints to the camels?
Mention no longer the driver o ...... talk of morning dew and ruins.
So, too, the ghada, whose fire ...... poets: "Alas for my burning!"
source
—Excerpt from Francis Marrash's Mashhad al-ahwal , translated by Shmuel Moreh.
width
subject
hypernym
comment
Arabic poetry (Arabic .ash-shi ...... e poem. The measuring procedur
@en
La poesía árabe (en árabe: الِ ...... gua la primera que la segunda.
@es
La poésie arabe (en arabe : ال ...... be, du VIe siècle à nos jours.
@fr
الشعر العربي وله تعريفات عدة و ...... فيه الطبعُ والرّواية والذكاء).
@ar
label
Arabic poetry
@en
Poesía árabe
@es
Poésie arabe
@fr
شعر عربي
@ar