Animal Symbolism in Ibn Muqbil's Poetry
Wisam So'ud Husein
Tikrit University
Sirwan Jabbar Khidhr
Tikrit University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/jls.3.4.8
Keywords: -Symbolism -Symbol -she-camel -Mare
Abstract
This critical study aims at showing the extent of the Arab poet's
interest in animals and his attachment to them. It concentrates on the
poet's relation to animals in the Pre-Islamic and the early Islamic
ages when symbolism was a daring beginning for new poetic texts
containing consciousness, will and illumination to emply symbols in
that poetic epoch in which poet proved their existence against the
changing atmosphere. , therefore is divided into two sections: the first
deals with the she-camel as symbol and the second is devoted to the
symbolism of other animals. The last part of the paper is the
conclusion which gives a summary of the results of the study.
