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The Art of Embellishment: An Introduction to Rhetorical Devices (Badīʿ)

“A single word, struck or arranged just so, can turn mere prose into music.” In classical Persian and Arabic eloquence, badīʿ (بدیع)—literally “embellishment”—refers to a rich toolkit of rhetorical devices used to adorn speech and verse. From playful puns to lush metaphors, badīʿ not only delights the ear but deepens…