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An Approximate Look at Rhythm and Its Evolution in Arabic Poetry Sulaiman Jubran Tel Aviv University The article provides an approximate look at how rhythm has developed in Arabic poetry from the Classical period to the present , with special emphasis on contemporary Arabic poetry . The article opens with a statement of the hypothesis that metric poetry in pre-Islamic times evolved from rhymed prose to “ primitive” meters such as rajaz and hazaj , and later to the main canonical meters . In modern times rhythm in poetry is shown to have evolved in the opposite direction : the main Classical meters , especially al-kamil , were gradually abandoned in a steady move towards poems without any regular meter and possessing new and variable rhythms , “ prose poems” . The article focuses on a number of basic developments along this long evolutionary path : strophic poetry among mahjar poets at the beginning of the twentieth century , and taf › ili structure after World War II , in which the traditional verse forms were broken and novel rhythmic compositions emerged . With respect to the new metric forms that dominated Arabic poetry until the end of the twentieth century , the article focuses on the secondary gradual stages , represented by meters that became predominant at one time or another : al-Kamil at fi rst , then al-rajaz , followed by al-mutaqarib , al-khabab , al-mutadrak , and fi nally the union of al-mutadarak with al-mutaqarib , which resulted in the creation of a new meter , which the article proposes to name al-mutadarib . In this “ hybrid” meter there is hardly any noticeable rhythm and the poem is dressed up as prose . In fact , many readers and critics think that the “ text is prose and yet not prose” , as maintained Darwish , the most prominent poet in writing mutadarib . The last stage in this natural progression was the complete loss of khalili meter and the emergence of “ prose poetry” , which talented poets used to write in new rhythms in its stead . In this way poetry fi nally returned to its prose origins , in a clear cyclic orbit .
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