Prepositions in the Poetry of al-Rusafi al-Balansi: A Descriptive and Analytical Study

Abstract

Abstract

  This research dealt with the study of prepositions in the Andalusian poetry of Al-Rusafi Al-Balansi statistically to show their impact on his poetry over two levels: Meaning and Rhythm. The significance of the study stems from the reality that it looks at the phenomenon of using prepositions in the poetry of an Andalusian poet who has a status among poets. It studied the use of prepositions both semantically and rhythmically, apart from examining them grammatically, because the latter aspect has been investigated redundantly by scholars in terms of their application to texts of all kinds. In addition, this study has the merit of being a pioneer in dealing with its topic in the poetry of Al-Rusafi Al-Balansi.

The use of prepositions in Al-Balansi’s poetry represents a prominent stylistic phenomenon that deserves analysis, so the researcher intended to conduct this independently to practically select texts from his poetry, representing a sample of the studied phenomenon, so that the reader can reach his/her goal and realize the significance in his poetry as a whole, and realize the main role in its construction.

This research aims to highlight the frequency of using prepositions in Al-Balinsi’s poetry and the ratio of their occurrence as compared to the total number of his stanzas. It also targeted to show their contribution in representing and clarifying their connotations to understand them. In addition to their effect in representing the rhythms and meters of Al-Balinsi’s poetry, adopting the descriptive and analytical approach by studying the statistics of using prepositions and studying their functions.