Why would a two-step but clear allusion not be ramz merely for having few links?
Taʿrīḍ, Talwīḥ, Ramz, Īmāʾ and Ishārah; the Rhetorical Force of Figurative Speech
- Ramz requires obscurity in addition to few links
- Ramz requires at least five links
- Ramz occurs only in poetry
- Few links automatically make kināyah figurative