The Influence of Ka'b bin Zuhayr’s Qaṣīdat al-Burda on Abda ibn al-tabib’s Lamiyyat Pastiche

Abstract

This study investigated the poem of Abda ibn al - tabib to show that it has some literary characteristics in common with the Qaṣīdat al - Burda (Poem of the Mantle), as a famous work in Arabic literature in the centuries. It was composed in a time close to Ka'b bin Zuhayr. Or this reason, it can be a guide to researchers to know the beginning of the Pastiche in Arabic literature. The present research, therefore, investigated these poems and their similarities and differences, thus revealing the efficacy these two works. The most important finding of this study is that the "Abda ibn al – tabib has been successful in imitating Ka'b bin Zuhayr external music, but has failed, to some extent, in imitating his internal music. He has not been able in innovating novel creative meanings and cannot be considered a distinguished poet.

Keywords

• literary imitation
• abda ibn al-tabib’s lamiyyat
• qaṣīdat hal habl kholata
• qaṣīdat al-burda