Syntax and rhetorical devices

ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād: She-Camel, Conduct, Generosity and Martial Boasting (verses 31–42)

ConstructionFunctionIn tugh-difī ... fa-innanīCondition with nominal responseIdhā lam uẓlam / idhā ẓulimtuOpposed circumstancesKa-ṭaʿmi al-ʿalqamSeverity imagined as tasteʿIrḍī wāfirun lam yuklamHonour personified as a vulnerable bodyKa-shidqi al-aʿlam / ka-lawni al-ʿandamSound and colour comparisons

Simile, contrast, conditional clauses and personification do distinct jobs in this passage.