The embellishments of badīʿ are traditionally divided into semantic and verbal varieties.
Semantic figures primarily enhance a statement through relations among meanings: contrast, correspondence, arrangement, or indirect suggestion. The conceptual relation can often survive a rewording.
Verbal figures rely more directly on the sounds, forms, or patterned recurrence of particular words. Changing those words may remove the figure. This lesson begins the semantic category.
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ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Semantic Embellishments, Part I
The embellishments of badīʿ are traditionally divided into semantic and verbal varieties.
Semantic figures primarily enhance a statement through relations among meanings: contrast, correspondence, arrangement, or indirect suggestion. The conceptual relation can often survive a rewording.
Verbal figures rely more directly on the sounds, forms, or patterned recurrence of particular words. Changing those words may remove the figure. This lesson begins the semantic category.