Tikrit University

The Rhetoric of Social Messages in the Pre-Islamic Era: An Analytical Study

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of Arabic Language, College of Education for Women, Tikrit University, Tikrit, Iraq

Abstract
This research is concerned with studying the social aspect of poetic and prose messages in the pre-Islamic era. It is known that most messages in the pre-Islamic era were oral, poetic or prose. And prose in the pre-Islamic era, and it is known that most of the messages in the pre-Islamic era were oral poetry or prose, due to the lack of spread of writing, so the common method of messages was to save the message and memorize it in the chests, and transmit it orally on the tongues, and despite their scarcity, we found many messages, including prose or poetry, that dealt with social issues and social messages It is what is exchanged between individuals in the form of condolence, congratulations, reproach, longing, threats, warnings, and so on. These messages contain many rhetorical devices such as similes, metaphors, metonymies, rhyme, assonance, antithesis, and other arts.

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Volume 10, Issue 2, Part 1
Spring 2026
Pages 28-46

  • Receive Date 12 October 2025
  • Accept Date 17 November 2025
  • Publish Date 01 June 2026