When an attractive opening also hints appropriately at the composition’s main subject, it is called barāʿat al-istihlāl. It need not disclose the full argument; a fitting anticipation is sufficient.
Words of good news suit a congratulatory poem, whereas they could be incongruous in an elegy. The virtue arises from the fit between opening and intended subject.
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Iqtibas, Tadmeen, Aqd, Hall, Talmih and the Art of Literary Openings and Endings
When an attractive opening also hints appropriately at the composition’s main subject, it is called barāʿat al-istihlāl. It need not disclose the full argument; a fitting anticipation is sufficient.
Words of good news suit a congratulatory poem, whereas they could be incongruous in an elegy. The virtue arises from the fit between opening and intended subject.