Anxiety of old age and the usurped past in pre-Islamic poetry

Section: Arabic language
Published
Jun 24, 2025
Pages
83-110

Abstract

The pre Islamic man was aware of being a hostage of linear time . This subdues to the law of becoming which leads at an to nothingness in which there is no chance for escaping moments to return . As a result a sharp anxiety springs concerning old age which is regarded as the last station in his life which definitely leads to death knee she mourns over his youth which was active and fall of love of world . He tries to jump over the tragic malty through memory . This anxiety was pat as poetry through which poets express their plight and show the horror which block the outlet of life

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Hassan, S., & شرهان. (2025). Anxiety of old age and the usurped past in pre-Islamic poetry. Journal of Education for the Humanities, 3(9), 83–110. Retrieved from https://rjps.uomosul.edu.iq/index.php/jeh/article/view/5205