الوصف في شعر ابن عبدربه

Abstract

This study aims to trace the purpose of description in the poetry of Ibn Abd Rabbuh, who became more famous as a writer and author than as a poet, and there is no clearer evidence of that than his famous book, The Unique Contract. Ibn Abd Rabbuh, the poet, devoted himself at the beginning of his life to the poetry of flirtation and wine, like other poets, but he soon turned at the end of his life – as was the custom of other poets – to the poetry of asceticism and wisdom. This study will attempt to shed light on the purpose of description, which was not known in Ibn Abd Rabbuh’s poetry, and did not receive the attention and care of scholars.