A Critical Introduction to Modern Arabic Poetry
ABU SHABAKA 149 of the poet's personal life and his relation to his Olga).^85 One does not expect to find in such a poem the Ari ...
THE ROMANTICS 150 transference of his fiance'e Olga much in the same way as La Belle Dame in the poem La Belle Dame sans Merti m ...
ABU SHABAKA 151 Two relevant points emerge from this introduction. The first is the high value Abu Shabaka sets upon inspiration ...
THE ROMANTICS 152 regarded as taboo in his society. Abu Shabaka's anger and fulmination against his predicament of being hopeles ...
ABU SHABAKA 153 The colours and shades on your lovely pale face On which the flame flickers with desire Strike terror in my soul ...
THE ROMANTICS 154 literary inspiration. Clearly he came to hold this view of the Bible as a result of his readings in French and ...
ABU SHABAKA 155 His soul feels the paradise of life But his eye can only see a manacing hell. He has reached the point of non pl ...
THE ROMANTICS 156 she delivers the poet from the hell he inhabited when he wrote Serpents. In 'This is my Wine' he contrasts his ...
SHABBI 157 East and in the West: the stories of Qais and Laila, Jamil and Buthaina, 'Urwa and 'Afra, as well as of Tristan and I ...
THE ROMANTICS 158 of genius to possess an extraordinary power of assimilation. One remembers Eliot's remark that Shakespeare man ...
SHABBI 159 or Scandinavian. He reviews the treatment of nature in Arabic poetry, both pre-Islamic and Islamic, compares it with ...
THE ROMANTICS 160 tion and hostile criticism among the more conservative elements in his community. By turns Shabbi was called a ...
SHABBI 161 hood, dreams, melodies, a new morning, a bright cheerful sky, moonlight, roses or a baby's smile. She is gentle and y ...
THE ROMANTICS 162 In another early poem, 'The Strange Grief (p. 22), which clearly underlines the metaphysical dimension of the ...
SHABBI 163 in joy, comfort them and show them Divine Mercy, finding in their lives His sublime spirit and signs of His perfect a ...
THB ROMANTICS 164 logical or metaphysical. It is true that in his conception of poetry the emotional and subjective element loom ...
SHABBI 165 Like Abu Shabaka, Shabbi viewed himself as a prophet in his society, who, alas, meets with the same fate as most prop ...
THE ROMANTICS 166 and the longings and aspirations of my heart will be appreciated by thought- ful minds even in the distant fut ...
SHABBI 167 Life now appears as 'A Strange Play', the work of'a master of irony' (p. 164).^132 However, Shabbi's mood in these ye ...
THB ROMANTICS 168 as a means of attaining a fuller and more significant life. This we find in, for instance, his poem The New Mo ...
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