Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات
Abstract
This paper reviews the lamentation of cities and Kingdoms which was prevalent and rendered a phenomenon drawing the attention of the scholars . It reviews three types of mourning: the mourning of the cities which fell down at the hands of the enemies. The mourning of the cities which fell down at the hands of the enemies . The mourning of the cities which were destroyed by natural disasters and the mourning of the states which lost their glory due to the occupation of the enemies The author opted the subjective analytical method in his analy- sis and he came to the conclusion that this Kind of poetry , in its three tendencies , bore many human experiences . The truthful- ness of the stands, feelings and sensibilities uplifted it to the stat- us of the artistic truth some of the poems are artistically come- parable to the best Known poems during the Abbaside era The author also reviews the beauties of the form such as pun antithesis divisions metaphor , simile and many others The author concluded that this kind of lamentation added to the Arabic poetry , especially in the East , a phenomenon which confirms its pioneering in this respect and defends the poetry this period against much of the judgment of some scholars who accused in of artistic barrenness
Recommended Citation
Rabih, Muhammad
(1997)
"The Lament of Cities and Kingdoms, Examples of Poetry from the Era of States and Emirates - an Analytical Study,"
Jerash for Research and Studies Journal مجلة جرش للبحوث والدراسات: Vol. 1:
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1, Article 3.
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https://digitalcommons.aaru.edu.jo/jpu/vol1/iss1/3