Important Feature of Pre Islamic Poetry
Pre Islamic poetry was done in following asnaf:
1- Sanf-i-Hija
2- Maddah
3- Marsyia
4- Rijz
5- Mufakharat
6- Fakhar

The important feature of the poetry include following points.
1- Starting Style:-
After a conventional prelude, the Nasib , in which poet remembers his best beloved by standing on the forsaken place e.g. Amra ul Qais starts Qasidah as:





Zuhair bin Abi Salma’s Qaseedah starts with the following verse:





2- San-Artificiality:-
The poetry of pre Islamic era does not have any attribute of artificiality in it. It is altogether natural an outcome of the emotion of the poets.
3- Extemporaneous:-
The Arab poets were very much like reflectors what used to fall on them it was immediately reflected. They had a natural sense of ideas.

4- Love for Nature:-
The Arab had a deep contact with the nature. Some of the poets like Amra ul Qais had spent the life of wanderer’s bay making encampment here and there and remained in search of water and greenery. So it was obvious that love for nature was manifested in their poetry.

5- Mufakhirat:-
The poet has a sense of personal pride and prejudiced. This was very clear from their poetry also. The poetry of Umro bin Kalsoom is a good example of it.

6- Balaght -i- kalam:-
Eloquence, lucidity and extemporaneousness was the the most outstanding feature of the poet of the pre Islamic rea.

7- Not of Reward except Nabigah Daibani Poerty:-
Not a single except Nabigab Al Daibani who has used poetry for material gains. Taksab bil Sher was done by Nabigah.

8- Repetition of Subjects:-

There were repetitions of subjects in almost all the Qasaids of the poets of pre Islamic era.

9- Simplicity:-
The Arab led a simple life and that was depicted in the poetry also. The main events explained in the poetry were related to their best beloved, the adventure etc.

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