The Development of Classical Poetry in the Middle East

Arab traditional classical poetry has made great progress in Abbas dynasty, and made some innovations on this basis: not only poets come forth in large numbers, but also poems have a wide range of contents and novel themes, such as hymns, love poems, mourning poems, allegorical poems, wine poems, ethical poems, educational poems, pastoral poems, hunting poems and so on. During the Abbasid Dynasty, there appeared the wine-chanting poems of Abu Nouvas (762 ~ 8 13), the ascetic poems of Abouab Tahiye (748 ~ 826), the philosophical poems of Mutanabi (9 15 ~ 965) and Abu-L-ala Marley (973 ~ 665). The writing techniques of poetry were also developed and innovated during the Abbas dynasty. For example, "Color Poetry" appeared in Andalusia in the 9th century, and its creative technique is different from traditional classical poetry. Colored poems can be sung or recited. The biggest difference between it and traditional poetry is that traditional poetry not only requires strict meter but also must keep a rhyme to the end; Color poems, on the other hand, are more flexible. Although they also require meter, rhyme feet can be changed to the end without rhyme. Therefore, colored poems have made great progress in timbre compared with traditional classical poems, and they are rich and colorful without falling into stereotypes and monotony.