Sentence Patterns in the Poetry of Amal Dunqul

Abstract

This research addresses sentence patterns in the poems of the poet Amal Dunqul, focusing on sentence structure and its impact on shaping the poetic image and expressive rhythm. The study presented nominal, verbal, and conditional sentence patterns, and also attempted to highlight the imagery in which the poet uses these patterns to achieve meanings that may be rhetorical, emotional, or otherwise. The research followed a textual analytical approach, relying on selected samples from poems representing various stages in Amal Dunqul’s production, with a linguistic stylistic reading linking grammatical choice, semantic function, and phonetic rhythm.

Numerous critical studies have addressed Amal Dunqul’s poetry from multiple perspectives: stylistics, rhetoric, political poetry, and mythical themes. Some studies focused on analyzing the structure of a single poem, while others dealt with the role of heritage and myth in producing meaning. In this research, these approaches were employed integratively; the descriptive analytical quadripartite method was adopted, combining grammatical diagnosis, stylistic reading, and historical-textual context. The study was limited to the three types of sentences (nominal, verbal, and conditional) as evidence over others in their use of sentence types and their semantic and stylistic employment serving the meaning.

There is an essential primary source indispensable for studying Amal Dunqul’s poetry: the "Complete Works" published by Dar Al-Shorouk, which includes his collections and various texts.