Mutual aspect between ka'abs Burda and Al-quttames Mashubat: A Comparative Study

Abstract

The research deals with two masterpieces of the Arabic Classical poetry namely: the Al-Burda by the well-known poet Ka'ab and the Mashubat by Al-Quttami. The research points out the similarities between the two. It, moreover, spots light on the Duality as n fundamental technique employed in both the poems, It finds out that such a technique is pivotal. It also reveals the tension and relaxation as well as the psychological conflict of which the poems are brimful. It debates whether the similarities available and the Duality used in both could he considered as influences of one poem upon the other though stressing the fact that it is hard to identify which is which, i.e., which one has exerted its influence on the other. For each expresses the poet’s view, experience, environment and artifice