FeatureProseVerse
Fixed endingEnd of the prose unitEnd of hemistich two
Earlier positionOpening of the unitOne of four locations
Verbal relationRepetition, jinās, derivation, quasi-derivationThe same four types
What to identifyThe limits of the prose unitThe two hemistich boundaries
Both forms make a closing word recall an earlier one. Their difference lies chiefly in textual structure and positional possibilities.
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Radd al-ʿAjz ʿalā al-Ṣadr: Repetition, Paronomasia and Derivation in Prose and Poetry
FeatureProseVerse
Fixed endingEnd of the prose unitEnd of hemistich two
Earlier positionOpening of the unitOne of four locations
Verbal relationRepetition, jinās, derivation, quasi-derivationThe same four types
What to identifyThe limits of the prose unitThe two hemistich boundaries
Both forms make a closing word recall an earlier one. Their difference lies chiefly in textual structure and positional possibilities.