Imruʾ al-Qays: The Long Night, Travel, and the Wolf (Verses 43–51)
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- In verse 43, what kind of person is a khaṣm?
- Which quality does alwā intensify?
- What does ghayri muʾtali describe in verse 43?
- What is the central simile in wa-laylin ka-mawji al-baḥr?
- What are sudūl in arkhā sudūlahu?
- What literary idea does li-yabtalī add?
- Which image is expressed by tamaṭṭā bi-ṣulbihi?
- What does kalkal denote in nāʾa bi-kalkal?
- Whom does the poet address in alā injalī?
- What is meant by wa-mā al-iṣbāḥu minka bi-amthal?
- What does the bāʾ in mā ... bi-amthal contribute?
- Why does verse 46 contain two seemingly opposing wishes?
- What is meant by amrāsi kattān?
- Which quality is stressed by ṣummi jandal?
- What feeling is conveyed by the chained-stars simile?
- What does qirbah mean in verse 48?
- What does ʿiṣāmahā refer to?
- What is conveyed by dhalūlin muraḥḥal?
- What kind of valley is qafr?
- What human condition is evoked by ka-l-khalīʿ al-muʿayyal?
- How does the wolf’s call reinforce the valley description?
- To whom does lahu in verse 50 refer?
- Which nuance matters in lammā tamawwal?
- What shared condition is stated by inna shaʾnanā qalīlu al-ghinā?
- Who is meant by kilānā?
- What is the grammatical function of man in man yaḥtarith?
- What outcome is expressed by yahzal?
- Which sequence matches verses 43–51?
- Which contrast between night images is accurate?
- Which rhetorical technique connects the addresses to night and wolf?