LessonsAdvanced Rhetorical Practicum: Complex Textual Cases and Applied ExaminationQuiz

ʿAqd turns prose into verse; ḥall transforms a poem into prose; and talmīḥ alludes to a known story, poem or proverb sufficiently to recall it without narrating it fully.

ما لابن آدم والفخر، وإنما أوله نطفة وآخره جيفة
Why should a child of Adam boast when his beginning is a drop and his end a corpse?

Putting this prose thought into poetic form raises the question of ʿaqd. Recasting the sense of an existing poem in independent prose is ḥall. Briefly invoking a familiar narrative through a name or emblem is talmīḥ; not every allusion amounts to a complete quotation or converted verse.

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Versification, prose conversion and allusive reference

Advanced Rhetorical Practicum: Complex Textual Cases and Applied Examination

ʿAqd turns prose into verse; ḥall transforms a poem into prose; and talmīḥ alludes to a known story, poem or proverb sufficiently to recall it without narrating it fully.

ما لابن آدم والفخر، وإنما أوله نطفة وآخره جيفة
Why should a child of Adam boast when his beginning is a drop and his end a corpse?

Putting this prose thought into poetic form raises the question of ʿaqd. Recasting the sense of an existing poem in independent prose is ḥall. Briefly invoking a familiar narrative through a name or emblem is talmīḥ; not every allusion amounts to a complete quotation or converted verse.