The Hanging Odes
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The Hanging Odes are a celebrated collection of pre-Islamic Arabic poems renowned for their linguistic artistry and foundational role in classical Arabic literature.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
classical Arabic poetry anthology
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collection of poems ⓘ pre-Islamic Arabic literary work ⓘ |
| alternativeCountTradition | 10 ⓘ |
| associatedLegend | poems hung on the Kaaba in Mecca ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | core of the Arabic poetic canon ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Arabian Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
model for later Arabic poets
ⓘ
source for Arabic grammar and rhetoric ⓘ source for classical Arabic lexicography ⓘ |
| evaluatedBy | medieval Arab philologists ⓘ |
| genre | qasida ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Mu‘allaqa of Amr ibn Kulthum
NERFINISHED
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Mu‘allaqa of Imru’ al-Qays NERFINISHED ⓘ Mu‘allaqa of Labid ibn Rabi‘a NERFINISHED ⓘ Mu‘allaqa of Tarafa ibn al-‘Abd NERFINISHED ⓘ Mu‘allaqa of Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma NERFINISHED ⓘ Mu‘allaqa of al-Harith ibn Hilliza NERFINISHED ⓘ Mu‘allaqa of ‘Antara ibn Shaddad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPartVariant |
Mu‘allaqa of al-A‘sha
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mu‘allaqa of al-Nabigha al-Dhubyani NERFINISHED ⓘ Mu‘allaqa of al-‘Abid ibn al-Abras NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicityOfLegend | disputed ⓘ |
| influenceOn |
Abbasid-era poetry
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Arabic grammatical tradition ⓘ Arabic literary criticism ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| laterMedium | written manuscript ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Jahiliyyah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | classical Arabic quantitative meters ⓘ |
| notableFor |
foundational role in classical Arabic literature
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linguistic artistry ⓘ rhetorical excellence ⓘ |
| numberOfPoems | 7 ⓘ |
| originalMedium | oral poetry ⓘ |
| region |
Najd
NERFINISHED
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eastern Arabia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | pre-Islamic ⓘ |
| status | celebrated collection of pre-Islamic Arabic poems ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Islamic seminaries
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classical Arabic curricula ⓘ modern Arabic literature programs ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
desert life
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love and longing ⓘ moral reflection ⓘ tribal honor ⓘ war and valor ⓘ |
| timeOfComposition |
6th century CE
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early 7th century CE ⓘ |
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