The Stylistic Analysis of Ibn Abi al-Hadid’s Qasida Al-Ayniyyah

As a modern method in literary criticism, stylistics is used to investigate linguistic and stylistic characteristics to reveal the beauty of a literary text through the text itself, to identify the most prominent features of its author’s style and, ultimately, to recognize the aesthetic value of that text. Via a descriptive-analytic procedure, the present study aims to provide a stylistic analysis of Qasida Al-Ayniyyah on phonetic and lexical levels. On the level of lexicography, the study investigates the phonetic and lexical implications of the text whereas on the level of denotation, it analyzes the text in syntactic and rhetorical terms. On the level of phonetic analysis, the study deals with the aesthetics of internal and external music as well as the ternary conjugation of verbs and their semantic implications. On the level of syntactic analysis, the study deals with the qualitative and quantitative functions of sentences with linking and action verbs, their rhetorical and denotative functions in transferring meaning to the audience, as well as the stylistic analysis of apostrophe for its abundance in the poetic discourse of Ibn Abi al-Hadid. And finally, on the level of lexical analysis, the study deals with the use of Quranic terminology, Quranic narratives and religious personalities by the poet to strengthen his intended meanings.