The Figurative Style in Contemporary Arabic Poetry (Henda Muhammad as a Model)

Abstract

This study aims to highlight the figurative style in contemporary Arabic poetry by selecting the poetry of Henda Muhammad as a model. The significance of the study lies in analyzing how the poet employs figurative techniques such as simile, metaphor, and synecdoche to create expressive and rich poetic imagery. The study seeks to uncover Henda Muhammad's innovations in using these rhetorical tools to link the texts to the themes addressed in the poems, with the goal of answering the research question: What are the prominent poetic images at the figurative level and their manifestations of similarity, Metaphor, and synecdoche in Henda Muhammad's poems? The study utilized a descriptive methodology that focuses on describing the phenomenon by highlighting rhetorical purposes and examples and analyzing literary texts from a figurative stylistic perspective to determine their meanings. The study yielded several results, most notably that the poet succeeded in adding depth and aesthetics to her poems through her rhetorical strength, which contributed to enriching the poetic texts both linguistically and aesthetically, with manifestations of emotional impact and deep human experience reflecting a range of Emotions including sorrow, hope, longing, alienation, and patriotism.