Poems, Pulses and Polygons: How Classical Arabic Poetry Resonates with Music and Geometry
Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: This paper investigates the geometric patterns inherent in Arabic poetry rhythms, uncovering attributes that likely contribute to their historical popularity. Through comprehensive analysis, we identified a combination of computational geometric features that seem to correlate with defining a rhythm's attraction in Arabic poetry. These features can be used to generate similar but new appealing poetry rhythms. While there are multiple studies on the geometry of musical rhythms, our research offers a novel perspective by applying these geometric concepts to poetry rhythms, aiming to contribute to the understanding of rhythmic patterns across diverse creative domains. To the best of our knowledge, our work is the first attempt to transfer the geometric analysis of rhythms to Arabic poetry rhythms. Moreover, our findings hint at potential connections between the rhythms of Arabic poetry and English song lyrics.
Source: Procedia Computer Science
Authors: Mohamad Elzohbi, Richard Zhao
Institution: University of Calgary
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4403768786