Point 8 of 10 — Lesson 1: Exile and Longing for the Homeland by Ahmed Shawqi and the Revival SchoolQuestion bank: 0 questions (0 with pictures)
08Figurative imagery and rhetorical devices
Simile (tashbih)
"It blew like the playful sa", and the passing of "a doze" and "a snatched pleasure": the days of youth are likened to a soft breeze, to quick sleep and to a stolen joy — all for the swiftness of their passing.
"My soul is the boiler and my heart is the sail": aconcise simile (baliagh) that makes the soul the boiler and the heart the sail.
Metaphor (isti'ara)
"Has the heart forgotten", "time heals its wound": personificationof the heart and of time.
"The steamships rang... and howled": the ships are likened tocrying creatures.
"The heart is an alert monk that sees the ships off with its bell": a concise simile carryingpersonification of the heart.
Metonymy / kinaya
"Daughter of the sea" is akinaya for the ship, and "your father" akinaya for the sea.
Sound and balance devices (badi')
Imperfect paronomasia (jinna naqis): "surah" and "tasawwurāt"(image and images).
Perfect paronomasia (jinna tamm): "sala" and "sala".