ʿAmr ibn Kulthūm: Address to Abā Hind, Tribal Pride and the Mill of War (Verses 23–38)

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• What is the grammatical status of «أَبَا هِنْدٍ»?
• What is the combined force of «فَلَا تَعْجَلْ عَلَيْنَا» and «وَأَنْظِرْنَا»?
• What do «بِيضًا» and «حُمْرًا» express about the banners in verse 24?
• How are the verbs «نُورِدُ» and «نُصْدِرُ» related?
• What does «أَنْ نَدِينَا» mean in verse 25?
• What is the sense of «أيام» in «أَيَّامٍ لَنَا غُرٍّ طِوَالٍ»?
• How should «تَوَّجُوهُ» in verse 26 be analysed?
• What feature of the ruler is emphasized in «يَحْمِي الْمُحْجَرِينَا»?
• Why can the feminine singular «عَاكِفَةً» describe «الْخَيْلَ»?
• What does «الْبُيُوتَ» most naturally denote in verse 28?
• What is chiefly meant by «نَنْفِي الْمُوعِدِينَا»?
• Which rhetorical reading fits «شَذَّبْنَا قَتَادَةَ مَنْ يَلِينَا»?
• What does «رَحَانَا» stand for in the war-mill passage?
• What is the literal referent of «ثِفَالُهَا»?
• What does «lahwah» denote in «لَهْوَتُهَا قُضَاعَةَ أَجْمَعِينَا»?
• Which device best explains the linked images in verses 30–31?
• How should «نَزَلْتُمْ مَنْزِلَ الْأَضْيَافِ» be understood in this martial passage?
• What links «قَرَيْنَاكُمْ» and «قِرَاكُمْ»?
• What does «مِرْدَاةً طَحُونًا» reveal in verse 33?
• What claim about the poet’s community is made in «نَعُمُّ أُنَاسَنَا وَنَعِفُّ عَنْهُمْ»?
• What does «وَنَحْمِلُ عَنْهُمْ مَا حَمَّلُونَا» express?
• What determines the use of spears versus swords in verse 35?
• To which derived verbal form does «نُطَاعِنُ» belong?
• What are described by the colour words «بِسُمْرٍ» and «بِبِيضٍ»?
• What quality is expressed by «لُدْنٍ ذَوَابِلَ» of the lances?
• What is the function of «كَأَنَّ» in the skull comparison?
• What does «الأَمَاعِزِ» denote?
• What is the grammatical role of «شَقًّا» in «نَشُقُّ ... شَقًّا»?
• How does the imagery of verse 38 differ from the red-banner image in verse 24?
• What unifies verbs such as «نُورِدُ، نُصْدِرُ، نَنْفِي، نَحْمِلُ»?