the Stylistic Overlap in two Chosen Elegiac poems of abu dhu'ib and muttamam ibn nuwayrah

In this research, I dealt with two poems of the most famous ancient Arab lamentations, by two well-knownand seasoned poets, namely Abu Dhu'ib Al-Hudhali and Mutamim bin Nuwaira Al-Yarbu'i. I did my best to provide an analytical reading of their two elegiac poems. Thus, I relied on description and analysis to trace the methods of lamentation adopted by the two poets and their approach in constructing the deep poetic meanings that express the depth of the tragedy experienced by the two poets due the death of those whom they lamented.The two poems differed in the sequence of their poetic segments and the arrangement and construction of the elegiac meanings, between relying on narration, as in the poem of Mutamamm, and relying on stories, as in the poem of AbiDhuib. However, they agreed in drawing a deep image of the reality of death and annihilation, so they went beyond describing the impact of bereavement to developing an influential philosophical vision on the inevitability of annihilation and the absurdity of clinging to life and striving to escape death.Despite the brevity of this reading, it shed some light on the ambiguity in these two immortal poems, and revealed an important aspect of the secret of their artistic excellence, and the reason for the consensus of the ancient critics in praising them over the rest of the ancient Arab lamentation texts.