Assadiyah poem of Obeid Bin Al-Abras: Stylistic Study
Aatif M. kanaan, Department of Arabic Language & Literature, Petra
University, Amman, Jordan.
Abstract
This paper studies the Assadiyah poem by the Pre-Islamic poet Obeid Bin Al-Abras. It investigates the phonological, structural and rhetorical aspects of the poem from a stylistic perspective in an attempt at identifying the stylistic features prevalent in the poet's discourse and at understanding the poet's motives and intentions underlying the usage of such features. It is believed that the poet's discourse, governed by the special social circumstances associated with the Pre-Islamic era, may have influenced the linguistic make-up of his poetry which is controlled by well-defined aesthetic norms and conventions. The study also looks at the linguistic and aesthetic features used by the poet in portraying the images represented in the poem.