Color polarity in the poetry of the blind man Al-Tatili (d. 525 AH)

Section: Research Paper
Published
Jun 24, 2025
Pages
171-192

Abstract

Polarity is one of the most important means is forming the poetic image, which is based on the effectiveness of the duality of opposites in the poetic text, as it is responsible for producing images characterized by deep semantic and suggestive it has the ability to arouse the feelings of recipients through the aesthetics of colors and diverse to the extent required by his contradictory emotional state, as the blind poet tadullah created color harmony between contrasting colors, especially (white and black), He combined them in many places the most important of them related to the paths of time and its calamities, and its clearing with whiteness and radiance they were also mentioned in many topics describing Al-Mamdouhs courage and generosity reveals this griefs in all the misfortunes and misfortunes of time. The indirect polarity of the two color had a clear presence and reflection in the poetry of ditated blindness, which represented a distinctive feature capable of discovering the underlying relationships between phenomena, and combining opposite and distant elements in one speech for clarification or artistic cohesion.

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Fathi Hadi, N., & نادية. (2025). Color polarity in the poetry of the blind man Al-Tatili (d. 525 AH). Adab Al-Rafidayn, 54(98), 171–192. https://doi.org/10.33899/radab.2024.146554.2076