Poetry in a Prosaic Context: A Reading in Hani Bin Qabeesa Al_Shaybani `s Speech

Abstract

The speech mixes prose and poetry in a piece of language which removes the boundaries among the literary genres, for should not think that the study tries to compare the poetics of speech with the poetics of Al_A`sha, Al_Nabigha, Al_Mutanaby, Safi ud_Din Al_Hilly and Mohmmad Mahdi Al_jawahiry, it tries to combine prose and poetry by means of the variance, and similarity rather than by contrast and difference. The presence of one genre does not exclude the other. The poetic aspect endows the speech with the characteristics of being brief, condensed and metaphor and avoids redundancy and verbosity. The study therefore, is an applied interest in poetry using prosaic tools through using poetry within prosaic contexts.The theory of literary genres draws a distinction among the genres by judging each genre according to the standards and criteria each one has and the stylistic features using strict parameters. However, poetry within prose performs an epistemological function with an aesthetic aspect linked to the change in the angle of vision. The study removes the boundaries among the literary genres to the extent of violating the cognitive legacy which states that there are strict borderlines among the genres. It similarly rejects any merging among the genres which have a lot in common. For any connection between prose and poetry is not dictated by form, rather the mixture is what endows them with knowledge and the mobility of awareness. Rhyme is no longer considered a separating trench between poetry and prose because the definition of poetry changes and renews with time and ideology.