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Lakshmi
- Jun 23, 2021
- 1 min
One Verse Every Week 'ANAPEST'
Anapest is antidactylus because it is the reverse of dactyl. What is dactyl? Refer to O's earlier commentary on dactyl, or let us simply...
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Ahmad Towaiq
- Jun 19, 2021
- 1 min
Verse-Seasons 'N Picks 'MOHAMMAD BIN IDREES AL SHAFEI'
A travel enthusiast who toured most of the Arab world in search of religious and linguistic knowledge including Gaza, Cairo, Mecca,...
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Lakshmi
- Jun 16, 2021
- 1 min
One Verse Every Week 'DACTYL'
An iamb, trochee and spondee are two-syllabic feet in a verse. A dactyl is a three-syllabic foot in a verse. In a dactylic meter a...
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Lakshmi
- Jun 9, 2021
- 1 min
One Verse Every Week 'PYRRHUS'
Like an iamb, a trochee, and a spondee, a pyrrhus, too, is a type of foot in a metrical feet. While a spondee is a pair of stressed...
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Ahmad Towaiq
- Jun 6, 2021
- 2 min
Verse-Seasons 'N Picks 'BISHER BIN KHAZIM AL ASADI'
War poetry, as a genre, is hugely popular. These poems vividly paint the trauma, the pain, the loss, the atrocities and every nightmare...
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