ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: Cavalry Witnesses, Courage, Restraint and Duels (verses 43–56)
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- What is the force of hallā in “hallā saʾalti al-khayl”?
- Whom does the feminine suffix in saʾalti address?
- Which grammatical analysis fits in kunti jāhilatan?
- What does sābiḥ chiefly evoke about the horse?
- What does taʿāwarahu al-kumāt describe?
- How does ṭawran … wa-tāratan structure the scene?
- What is the verbal contrast between yujarradu and yaʾwī?
- What is the main contrast in “aghshā al-waghā wa-aʿiffu ʿinda al-maghnam”?
- What support does the poet invoke in “yukhbirki man shahida al-waqīʿah”?
- What does mudajjaj describe?
- Why does the verse negate both flight and surrender?
- Which rhetorical effect appears in “jādat lahu kaffī bi-ʿājili ṭaʿnah”?
- What do muthaqqaf and muqawwam share?
- What is emphasised by ṣidq al-kuʿūb?
- What does “laysa al-karīm ʿalā al-qanā bi-muḥarram” mean in context?
- What action does shakaktu denote in the verse?
- What image is created by jazar al-sibāʿ?
- How do yanashnahu and yaqḍimna differ?
- What does mishakk sābighah evoke?
- What is meant by ḥāmī al-ḥaqīqah here?
- Which interpretation fits rabidh yadāhu bi-l-qidāḥ?
- What does malūm signify?
- What does “bared his back teeth, not in a smile” suggest?
- What is the form of khuḍiba in the dye simile?
- What sensory image is built around al-ʿaẓlam?
- What does thumma mark in the sequence of spear and sword?
- Which description fits muhannad ṣāfī al-ḥadīdah mikhdham?
- What is the comparison image in “his clothes as if upon a sarḥah”?
- What is the literal sense of laysa bi-tawʾam?
- Which best summarises the rhetoric of verses 43–56?