Prosody

Prosody

ʿArūḍ is the Arabic word for prosody. The Arabic word for meter is tafa'il (metrical feet)

The strange words in the refrain here, are the same sort we use in Greek meter, like Iamb or Trochee, they only represent long and short, accented and unaccented syllable: ---v- ---v- and so on)

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My poetry is personal,
but hardly ever speaks
about what is so versatile,
restrictive... not antique.

     My 'arud rules through ages strewn:
     fa'ulun, fa'ulun, fa'ulun.

What do I do during my day,
when I don't write my own?
I make ancient poets state
their rules, hewn in stone

     Tafa'il sings such lovely tune:
     mutafa'ilun, mustaf'ilun.

Every syllable it's proper place,
each word a certain rhythm.
Wish that life was just as ace...
I love a proper system

     'Arud, tafa'il, I attune:
     Fa'ilatun, fa'ilatun, fa'ilatun.

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March 17, 2017 

© Darren White