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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 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 one that notes, “Don't cry (-5[1])for” the title woman. The speaker says “Stop Remember Weep” in one of seven poems in this language hung from a (*) building called the “Suspended Odes.” Odes originally in this language called qasida (“kah-SEE-dah”) often include descriptions (10[1])of horses. The Farsi poem Layla and Majnun was adapted from a 7th-century poem in this country. Before spreading to the Indian subcontinent, ghazals were written in this language. (10[1])For 10 points, name this language of Imru' al-Qais (“ahl-KYE-is”), a pre-Islamic poet. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Arabic [or al-ʿarabiyyah]
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