In the third century of the Hegiras there rose to fame two Arab poets who composed in different styles which eventually gave rise to a vigorous controversy. While Abu Tammiam (+ about 230) made abundant use of metaphors (not infrequently far-fetched), similes, antitheses, paronomasia and other literary devices which rendered his style sometimes complicated and obscure, al-Buhturi (+ 284), in contrast, wrote in the conventional way giving his poetry, in the main, a simple and flowing style and a selective diction.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:510094 |
| Date | January 1950 |
| Creators | El Kott, A. H. A. |
| Publisher | SOAS, University of London |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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