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		(Prose) is employed in sermons and prayers and in speeches intended to encourage or frighten the masses.
		They are not really rhymed prose, since the (rhyme) which is obligatory in rhymed prose is not obligatory in them, nor are there rhymes as in poetry.
		In government correspondence, what deserves praise is the use of straight prose - that is, straightforward speech with only a very occasional use of rhymed prose in places where (sound linguistic) habit can use rhymed prose in an unforced manner - and (forms of) speech that conform properly to the requirements of a given situation.
	www.muslimphilosophy.com /ik/Muqaddimah/Chapter6/Ch_6_52.htm (1006 words)

	Definitions: Literature: Virtual Baghdad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Prose, in the Western sense of novels, short stories, and dramas, was not known in the Islamic world until the modern period.
		In prose, the chief genre was the maqamah.
		P It is a relatively long narrative poem in rhymed couplets and is a suitable vehicle for epic and romantic stories or mystical and philosophical themes.
	www.nv.cc.va.us /home/nvbrada/braddog/Glossary.htm (982 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : The Poets Of 'Ukaz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This was the creation of a poem of such vigor, beauty and irrepressible rhythm that the hearers would absorb it as it stood, wear it like a rich robe, carry it to the far horizons of Arabia, and pass it down from father to son as part of their own legacy.
		Prose invention, primarily in the form of stories instructive or martial, underwent a constant metamorphosis, improving with each telling or dying in the process.
		From a structural standpoint, however, it is probably that rhymed prose used by sages and traveling poets was the prototype of Arabian poetry.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/196602/the.poets.of.ukaz.htm (1248 words)

	Rhythmical Office
		The second class represents a state of transition, wherefore the groups may be called those of the first epoch, the groups of the transition period, and those of the third epoch, in the same way as with the sequences, although with the latter the characteristic difference is much more pronounced.
		Such offices are often a motley mixture of hexameters, rhythmical stanzas, stanzas in pure prose, and again in rhymed prose.
		From the metrical offices, from the pure as well as from those mixed with rhymed prose, the transition was soon made to such as consisted of rhymed prose merely.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/r/rhythmical_office.html (1790 words)

	The Maqamat of al-Hamadhani: Introduction: II. Rhymed Prose
		In spite of the ban, however, it appears there were orators who spoke in rhymed prose, and one of the earliest specimens of a khutba in rhymed prose is by the celebrated preacher and orator, contemporary with Muḥammad, Saḥbán Wá’il (ob.
		An excellent specimen of a khutba in rhymed prose on death, resurrection and judgement is that by Ibn Nubata (A.H. 335-74) entitled 'the sermon of the vision.'
		He was, therefore, the popularizer of rhymed prose, in a class of compositions with which his name was first associated, and which have not only penetrated all Islámic literature as well as that of the Syrian Christians, and the Spanish Jews, but have served as models of style for more than nine hundred years.
	www.sacred-texts.com /isl/mhm/mhm05.htm (1037 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Rhythmical Office
		(1) a metrical, of hexameters intermixed with prose or rhymed prose;
		prove suitable enough, the lacking parts of the office were supplemented by simple prose or by means of verses in rhymed prose, i.e., by text lines of different length in which there was very little of rhythm, but simply assonance.
		From the metrical offices, from the pure as well as from those mixed with rhymed prose, the transition was soon made to such as consisted of rhymed prose merely.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13027a.htm (1889 words)

	Will's Words
		Prose is what we think of as everyday speech, without specific rules of rhyme and rhythm.
		Rhymed Verse consists of lines which rhyme at the end, usually in either an ABAB rhyme scheme or in couplets or pairs.
		Shakespeare sometimes uses rhymed verse to signal a character's heightened emotional state and couplets are common at the conclusion of an act or scene.
	www-rohan.sdsu.edu /~mcnerney/shakesprimer/words.htm (597 words)

	Prosody1
		The rhythmic patterns in poetry are more intense and conspicuous than are the rhythms of prose, although truly effective prose writers are very much aware of the rhythmic effects their sentences produce.
		In fact, you have probably heard praise of a prose writer couched in terms of poetry--as when an admiring critic says that this or that writer's style is so exquisite that it is more like poetry than like mere prose.
		Similarly, a free verse poem might make heavy use of rhymed or partially rhymed words (as well as alliteration, which is akin to rhyme), but you would not be able to mark a rhyme scheme, and the rhymed words might not even occur at the ends of lines.
	tinablue.homestead.com /Prosody1.html (893 words)

	Sample Chapter for Einbinder, S.L.: Beautiful Death: Jewish Poetry and Martyrdom in Medieval France.
		As students of the vernacular literatures know, the rhymed prose romances of the twelfth century, like the prose historical chronicles and the written chanson de geste cycles in the thirteenth, or the shift in vernacular hagiography from verse to prose, are all hallmarks of this extended period.
		To say that even the prose accounts of persecution and martyrdom rely on literary conventions that shape their presentation of "facts" does not imply that the medieval authors were fabricating events that never happened; artistic shaping is not the same as fictionalization.
		Many of the editions of medieval martyrological poetry and prose date to either the period when the "lachrymose" theory was formulated (in the late nineteenth century) or to the middle years of the twentieth century, when it seemed to be proven.
	www.pupress.princeton.edu /chapters/i7385.html (6325 words)

	Shakespearean Verse and Prose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The language used by Shakespeare in his plays is in one of three forms: prose, rhymed verse or blank verse, each of which he uses to achieve specific effects (more on the functions of prose, rhyme and blank verse below).
		PROSE is used whenever verse would seem bizarre: in serious letters (Macbeth to Lady Macbeth; Hamlet to Horatio), in proclamations, and in the speeches of characters actually or pretending to be mad (Lady Macbeth; Hamlet and Ophelia; Edgar and King Lear) -- verse is apparently too regular and orderly for expressing madness.
		Blank verse, as opposed to prose, is used mainly for passionate, lofty or momentous occasions and for introspection; it may suggest a refinement of character.
	cla.calpoly.edu /~dschwart/engl339/verseprose.html (1363 words)

	Bernard of Morlaix - METRE AND RHYME
		Hence, it appears reasonable to assume that the use of the rhetorical rime in rhythmical prose, after passing into the popular sermons of the Greek and Latin Church, found its way into Christian poetry at a time when the feeling for quantity was dying out and a new verse- form was being constructed.
		Prose is regulated by rhythm, while poetry is regulated by metre or by rhythm and rhyme.
		Artistic prose "required a great expenditure of time, talent and erudition" and there was also "a plain prose of factual communication." The boundaries between poetry and prose were therefore somewhat blurred.
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	Solo Flyer
		THE PROSE POEM is distinguished by the poetic characteristics of rhythmic, aural, and syntactic repetition, compression of thought, sustained intensity, and patterned structure, but is set on the page in a continuous sequence of sentences as in prose, without line breaks.
		Because the prose poem embraces the sentence, it is written as blocks of paragraphs.
		Because of the rebellious nature of the prose poem, the abandonment of even the broadest rules of meter and rhyme, and the adoption of the sentence, it is difficult to say anything too definitive about the form.
	www.webspawner.com /users/soloflyer/index.html (735 words)

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		The decision of the Antwerp translator to use prose instead of verse as the medium in which to render his source is the earliest explicit reference to the verse=false, prose=true-controversy in the history of Middle Dutch literature.
		It is also conceivable that a prose rendition was considered less difficult than a metrical translation and that the rhymed prologue served as a proof of the translator's poetic skills.
		The introduction of prose as a truthful and precise medium (especially in the case of translations), marked the beginning of a new development in medieval Dutch literature, namely the use of prose as an alternative medium for the writing of vernacular literature.
	www.dbnl.org /tekst/lie_002what01/lie_002what01_0001.htm (12835 words)

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		Also it is unlike saj (rhymed prose) as it is rhythmic in nature and does not follow the rules of Arabic prose.
		The fact that the Quran breaks all the norms of poetry and prose is not because it is a miracle.
		Yes it must be either prose or poetry and if it is not, chances are that the person who wrote it was an illiterate man - someone like Hossein deevooneh who did not know the basic rules of the language but was fond of rhymes.
	www.faithfreedom.org /debates/HamzaTzortzisp7.htm (1062 words)

	ISLAMIC LITERATURE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It is a masterpiece of Arabic prose that has inspired numerous commentaries and imitations in other languages.
		The Islamic civil wars and the rise of sectarian rivalries contributed to the emergence of a poetry that became a favorite vehicle for expression of the divergent points of view.
		The rhetorical style of rhymed prose found its best expression in the maqamah, which was invented by al-Hamadhani.
	www.library.cornell.edu /colldev/mideast/islamlit.htm (3270 words)

	Islamic History in Arabia and Middle East
		The earliest Arabic prose came into being not from literary motives, but to serve religious and practical needs, above all the need to fully understand the Islamic revelation and the circumstances of the first Muslim community in the Hijaz.
		The sayings and actions of the Prophet and his Companions were collected and preserved, at first by memory and then by writing, to be finally collected and arranged by such men as al-Bukhari and Muslim in the ninth century.
		Rhymed prose, which had come to be used even in government documents, was employed by Abu al-'Ala al-Ma'arri in his Message of Forgiveness, one of the best known of Arabic prose works.
	www.islamicity.com /mosque/ihame/Ref5.htm (2634 words)

	The LUCILE Paroject - W.H. Mallock
		The language of prose, then, and the language of poetry, defined in terms of their uses, differ from each other thus:-- Prose is the language men use when expressing themselves without emotion, or with emotion which is slight or intermittent; poetry is the language they use under emotion which is exceptional and sustained.
		Though there is much prose and a certain amount of poetry as to the classification of which no doubt exists, yet there is no sharp line that can be drawn either in word or thought between prose and poetry generally.
		Let us try to express in prose the meaning which it conveys to us, and we shall see, by the hopelessness of the task, that the verse is not rhymed prose, but poetry.
	sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu /lucile/Reviews/Mallock.htm (6365 words)

	Methods in Translating Poetry
		The next method is rhymed translation which emphasizes the transferring of the rhyme of the original poem into the translation in TL.
		Lafevere's explanation of the above methods seems to reemphasize Cluysenar's opinion that the weaknesses of the poetry translation methods are due to the emphasis given to one or some of the poetic components in the process of translating.
		The literal, metrical, and rhymed translation seem to emphasize the "form" or "poetic structure" of the poem; while the rest emphasize on the transferring of the precise meaning into the TL.
	www.translationdirectory.com /article638.htm (838 words)

	Miracles of the Qur'an - Harun Yahya
		The rhyming system in the Qur'an is known as "rhymed prose" and linguists describe the use of this rhyme in the Qur'an as a miracle.
		84.6% of Surat ash-Shu'ara', 90.32% of Surat an-Naml and 92.05% of Surat al-Qasas are rhymed with "Nun."
		The formation of rhymed prose with just two or three sounds in a poem of 200-300 lines may give that work an important quality, sufficient for it to be described as a masterpiece by literary critics today.
	www.harunyahya.com /miracles_of_the_quran_p5_01.php (5303 words)

	What Is The Challenge Of The Qur'an With Respect To Arabic Prose & Poetry?
		Rhymed prose consists of cola ending on the same rhyme throughout, or of sentences rhymed in pairs.
		In straight prose, the speech goes on and is not divided in cola, but is continued straight through without any divisions, either of rhyme or of anything else.
		, that is not rhyming prose, nor like the speech of soothsayers, and not normal speech, that it should contain at least a comprehensible meaning and rhetoric, i.e.
	www.islamic-awareness.org /Quran/Miracle/ijaz.html (2777 words)

	Prose of the Ottoman Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Early Ottoman prose, before the 19th century CE, never developed to the extent that the contemporary Divan poetry did.
		A large part of the reason for this was that much prose of the time was expected to adhere to the rules of seci', or rhymed prose, a type of writing descended from Arabic literature and which prescribed that between each adjective and noun in a sentence, there must be a rhyme.
		Nevertheless, there was a long tradition of prose in the Ottoman Empire.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prose_of_the_Ottoman_Empire (312 words)

	"Talking Writing"
		Prose includes the short story and the novel.
		11 Prose can be divided into: a) narrative and dramatic poetry; b) rhyme and meter; c) the short story and the novel; d) rhymed verse and free verse.
		This beat is needed in lyric rhymed poetry, the kind most of us like and adore in our favourite love songs.
	www.timbooktu.com /lennox/talkwrit.htm (2146 words)

	www.Invitation2truth.com :: View topic - The Qur'an With Respect To Arabic Prose & Poetry?
		Prose is employed in sermons and prayers and in speeches intended to encourage or frighten the masses.[3] One of the most famous speeches involving sajc is that of Hajjaj bin Yusuf in his first deputation in Iraq in post-Islamic and Quss bin Sa'idah in pre-Islamic times.
		So, the challenge, as cAbdur Rahim Green mentions, is to produce in Arabic, three lines, that do not fall into one of these sixteen al-Bihar, that is not rhyming prose, nor like the speech of soothsayers, and not normal speech, that it should contain at least a comprehensible meaning and rhetoric, i.e.
		The rhythm of some verses resemble the regularity of sajc, and both are rhymed, while some verses have a similarity to Rajaz in its vigour and rapidity.
	www.invitation2truth.com /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1002 (2842 words)

	The Ten Plagues
		This selection is an embellishment of the plagues in Arabic rhymed prose, designed to help fulfil this duty of discussion, as the little foreword explains.
		Rhymed prose is very common in Arabic, and its jingling sentences do not give the comic effect which is virtually unavoidable when this technique is copied into English.
		A writer of Judeo-Arabic prose will drop naturally into rhymed prose when he is emotionally moved, or wishes a special effect.
	www.uwm.edu /~corre/arab/plagues.html (1073 words)

	Foreword: Anonymous and Ephemeral Prose and Poetry (StuartXchange)
		This is a collection of anonymous Filipino prose and poetry, strained from the recesses of memories.
		Recollecting them was hilarious and brought with it a joy in rediscovery and an appreciation of the innocence of those years, the absurd humor, the easy laughter.
		When language was a verbal playground, as words became toys and a rhyme made the game, sometimes devoid of content, but often with a fecundity of creativity at play.
	www.stuartxchange.com /Foreword.html (311 words)

	Qur'anic Studies - What Is The Challenge Of The Qur'an With Respect To Arabic Prose & Poetry? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It appears that the Christian missionaries who call the challenge irrelevent or an utterly subjective criterion are pretty much unaware of how the Arabic poetry and prose compares with the Qur'ân.
		So the challenge is to produce in Arabic, three lines, that do not fall into one of these sixteen Bihâr, that is not rhyming prose, nor like the speech of soothsayers, and not normal speech, that it should contain at least a comprehensible meaning and rhetoric, i.e.
		This rhymed poetry is again divided into metres or what is called as al-Bihâr, literally meaning 'The Seas'.
	www.quranicstudies.com /article33.html (2874 words)

	The Caliphate
		These are some of the attributes sought for in Arabic poetry, prose and rhymed prose.
		Instead they could not, and it brought a new style of Arabic language, the Qur'an in addition to the poetry, prose and rhymed prose of the Arabs.
		But these parts are no more than rhymed prose and cannot be described a unique genre of writing which is what it would have to be to challenge the Qur'an.
	www.caliphate.co.uk /beliefs/proofquran.htm (6193 words)

	The Difference between Literature and the Qur'an
		The other branch is prose, that is, non-metrical speech...
		It can neither be called straight prose nor rhymed prose.
		(Rhyme) letters, which would make that (type of speech) rhymed prose are not obligatory, nor do rhymes (as used in poetry) occur.
	www.youngmuslims.ca /online_library/books/ulum_al_quran/Ch4S3s2.htm (235 words)

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