The Prose Poem and the Constants of the Arabic Poem

Abstract

The prose poem is one of the forms of rebellion، breaking the chains of sacred constants in the art of poetry، as it is a small plant on the path of modernity and development. Pictures and poetic meanings، most of which are subject.

However، some critics have faced this type of poetry with a lot of rejection، because this gender is different from the well-known classical pattern، which is a sacred form of the Arab poem inherited by many critics and is not open to discussion، as its appearance in the fifties of the last century in its stark form abandoned the most sacred sacred The Arabic poem formed a decisive turning point in the course of Arabic poetry، which composed the poem in its well-known form. However، we find that this new form has supporters who defend it، arguing that the classical form is no longer able to absorb their ideas and new issues، which need freedom and departure.

This paper studies the prose poem and its collision with the sanctity of the Arabic poem، and it raises several questions through it:

1. Is the prose poem a product of evolution، or a deviation from the norm?
2. Did the prose poem run in a parallel line with the vertical poem، or did it replace it?
3. Were social conditions a reason for the emergence of the prose poem?

This paper is based on several themes، the most important of which are:

The first: the constants in the Arabic poem between what is permissible and what is prohibited.

The second: the prose poem between acceptance and rejection.

The third: a poem (Something Like That) by the Lebanese poet Wadih Saadeh.