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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 notes, “Where in these ruins is a place I can cry,” after describing how traces of a loved one are “woven (15[1])by the north wind and the south wind.” An author in this language wrote “wine poems,” such as one that notes, “Don't cry for” the title woman. The speaker says (*) “Stop Remember Weep” in one of seven poems in this language called the “Suspended (-5[1])Odes,” as they were hung in a building. (10[1])Odes originally in this language called qasida (“kah-SEE-dah”) often include descriptions of horses. Before spreading to the Indian subcontinent, ghazals were written in this language. For 10 points, name this language of Imru' al-Qais (“ahl-KYE-is”), a pre-Islamic poet. ■END■

ANSWER: Arabic [or al-ʿarabiyyah]
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