Employment of Literay Tradition In the Polemic Poems of Jarir , Al-Farazdaq and Al-Akhtal

Abstract

The present study is an academic attempt to show how the threeUmayyad poets ; Jarir , Al-Farazdaq and Al-Akhtal have skillfully employed old conventions and traditions in their poetry to serve a dual purpose of making their ideas striking , memorable and compelling and of reaching eminence as poets. The primary aim of the poets has been to amuse , convince and influence the readers or listeners of their poetry . as it were, a mirror image of the social , religious and historical beliefs , values and customs which prevailed throughout the ages before the emergence.