In verse, the returned word may first occur at the opening, middle or end of the initial hemistich, and then reappear at the close of the second. The position of the pair determines the particular configuration.
«سَرِيعٌ إِلَى ابْنِ الْعَمِّ يَلْطِمُ وَجْهَهُ وَلَيْسَ إِلَى دَاعِي النَّدَى بِسَرِيعٍ»
“He is quick to slap his cousin’s face, but not quick to answer the call of generosity.”
The return of sarīʿ at the end underlines the subject’s contradictory priorities and sharpens the irony.
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ʿIlm al-Badīʿ: Verbal Embellishments — Paronomasia, Rhymed Prose and Related Figures
In verse, the returned word may first occur at the opening, middle or end of the initial hemistich, and then reappear at the close of the second. The position of the pair determines the particular configuration.
«سَرِيعٌ إِلَى ابْنِ الْعَمِّ يَلْطِمُ وَجْهَهُ وَلَيْسَ إِلَى دَاعِي النَّدَى بِسَرِيعٍ»
“He is quick to slap his cousin’s face, but not quick to answer the call of generosity.”
The return of sarīʿ at the end underlines the subject’s contradictory priorities and sharpens the irony.