The circular simile in poetry of praise and spinning of Al-A’sha

The research studies a type of simile that poets did not consider with great care, which is the circular simile. The research is presented with a theoretical framework that establishes the term, and the differences of critics and rhetoricians in it, and then proceeds to lay its foundations, and follow them in his study of Al- A’sha, and his examples. Using this type, Al-A’sha praised Amr bin Ma’ad Yakrib Al-Zubaidi, Hawza bin Ali Al-Hanafi, Al-Nu’man bin AL-Mundhir, Iyas bin Qabisa Al-Ta’i, and Masrouq bin Wael, and pertaining the poet every time he uses the circular simile between him and the praised one, so we see it extend and shorten according to the value of the praised one, and according to the adjective intended by the poet He was truly expressive of what the poet had in mind towards the addressee. As for the spinning, it has two witnesses, out of fourteen in the Diwan of Al-A’sha. With the importance of Al-Mamdouh, and the superiority of Al-A’sha quantitatively and qualitatively over his consorts in this field.