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Qasida is Panegyric written in praise of a king or a nobleman, for all these poems have a single presiding subject, logically developed and concluded. Properly, either all the lines Rhyme in Couplet s, or every second line of the four-line verse rhymes. The pre-Islamic qasida maintained a single elaborate Meter throughout the poem, and every line rhymed. These poems are considered some of the most elaborate in the world. In his 9th Century ''Kitab al-shi'r wa-al-shur'ara'' (Book of Poetry and Poets) the Arabic writer Ibn Qutaybah says that qasida are formed of three parts. They start, he says, with a nostalgic opening in which the poets reflects on what has passed known as ''nasib''. A common conceit is the pursuit of the poet after the caravan of his love; by the time he reaches their campsite they have already moved on. The ''nasib'' is usually follwed by the ''takhallus'' - a release or disengagement. The poet often achieved this disengagement by describing his transition from the nostalgia of the ''nasib'' and the next portion o the poem. The next section is ''rahil'' (travel section) in which the poet contemplates the harshness of nature and life away from the tribe. Finally there is the message of the poem, which can take several forms: praise of the tribe, ''fakhr''; jokes about other tribes, ''hija''; or some moral maxims, ''hikam''. While a lot of poets have intentionally or unintentionally deviated from this plan in their qasida it is recognisable in many. One of the most popular and well known qasidas is the Qasida Burda ("Poem of the Mantle") by Imam Al-Busiri . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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