The Poetry of Abdul Rahman bin Hassan bin Thabit: A Stylistic Study

Abstract

This research aims to study the poetry of Abdul Rahman bin Hassan bin Thabit from a stylistic perspective, relying on the stylistic approach. The study is structured into an introduction, a preface, three main sections, and a conclusion as follows: The introduction presents the researcher’s reasons for choosing the topic, its significance, and the adopted methodology. The preface provides a brief biography of the poet and clarifies the concepts of style and stylistics. The first section examines the phonological level, the second explores the syntactic level, and the third analyzes the semantic level. The conclusion summarizes the key findings. The research reached several results, the most significant of which are: the frequent use of the poetic meters Al-Tawil, Al-Basit, Al-Wafir, Al-Kamil, and Al-Khafif in the poetry of Abdul Rahman bin Hassan bin Thabit. Absolute rhymes represent the majority, while restricted rhymes constitute the minority. Most poetic lines follow the natural structure of Arabic sentences; however, the poet occasionally deviates from this norm, modifying sentence structure at the horizontal level.