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The Wisdom and Enchantment of Poetic Speech in Jami's Haft Awrang, Section 16

In this 'third knot' on versified speech from Jami's Haft Awrang, poetic speech is framed through two prophetic sayings: 'indeed some poetry is wisdom' (hikmah) and 'indeed some eloquence is magic' (sihr). Jami personifies poetic speech as an irresistible beloved whose adornments are rhetorical figures: meter becomes a robe of coquetry, rhyme an embroidered hem, radif an anklet, and imagination a beauty-mark, while simile, paronomasia (tajnis), gem-setting (tarsi'), ambiguity, and metaphor become her seductive features. Through this sustained imagery, Jami argues that poetic form fuses moral wisdom with an enchanting power that captivates the intellect and seizes the heart.

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