LessonsRadd al-ʿAjz ʿalā al-Ṣadr: Repetition, Paronomasia and Derivation in Prose and PoetryQuiz

The prose pattern places one related expression near the beginning of a prose unit and the other at its end. Here a *faqrah* is a coherent passage or clause with an identifiable conclusion, not necessarily a modern paragraph.

Opening → ending is the governing relationship: the close echoes the start.

To classify an example, identify the verbal likeness and verify the positions. Two similar words appearing only in the middle do not establish this particular arrangement.

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The basic pattern in prose

Radd al-ʿAjz ʿalā al-Ṣadr: Repetition, Paronomasia and Derivation in Prose and Poetry

The prose pattern places one related expression near the beginning of a prose unit and the other at its end. Here a *faqrah* is a coherent passage or clause with an identifiable conclusion, not necessarily a modern paragraph.

Opening → ending is the governing relationship: the close echoes the start.

To classify an example, identify the verbal likeness and verify the positions. Two similar words appearing only in the middle do not establish this particular arrangement.