Question

This language was used for a poem that anatomically breaks down the parts of an animal from her “supple” backbone to her “well-knit” joints. A poem in this language describes how traces of a loved one are “woven by the north wind and the south wind.” An author in this language wrote “wine poems,” such as (-5[1])one that notes, (15[1])“Don't cry for” the title woman. (-5[1])The speaker says “Stop (15[1])Remember Weep” in one (-5[1])of seven poems in this language hung from a (*) building (10[1])called (10[3])the “Suspended (10[1])Odes.” Odes originally in this language called qasida (10[1])(“kah-SEE-dah”) often include descriptions of horses. The Farsi poem Layla and (10[1])Majnun (-5[2])was adapted from a 7th-century (10[1])poem in this language. Before spreading to the (-5[1])Indian subcontinent, ghazals were written in this (-5[1])language. (10[1])For 10 points, name this language of Imru' al-Qais (“ahl-KYE-is”), a pre-Islamic poet. ■END■ (10[6]0[2])

ANSWER: Arabic [or al-ʿarabiyyah]
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