Lexical Beautification Badi' in Sami Audal's Poem A Descriptive and Analytical Study

Abstract

This study considers lexical decoration (Badi') which is a very significant topic in the field of the Kurdish literature. It attempts to introduce the concept and the definition of decoration, illustrates its significance, and determines its roles and influences in poems. There are many factors behind selecting this topic, but the most encouraging points are the importance of the topic, the higher competence that the poet is recognized by in the use of decoration through specific figures of speech in his own poems, and the lack of available literature on such a topic. This study draws on both descriptive and analytical methods. It comprises two chapters. The first chapter is devoted to the theoretical background which consists of three sections that cover concept of decoration and its importance in literature, the History of the Concept of Rhetoric, and Lexical Decoration. Chapter two comprehensively covers the types of Rhetorical Decoration, and their values and reflections in Sami Awdal's poem. It consists of three sections: the first emphasizes Alliteration, Referencing, and Rhyme in Awdals' poems, the second considers Partitioning, Anaphora and Epiphora, and the third broadly discusses the beauty of double Rhyme and mixed technique. The paper ends with a list of references, abstract in Arabic and English.

Keywords

• anaphora
• beautification
• lexical
• poetry
• rhetorical