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atrocities carried out upon the homeland of Kurdistan. The second half of each line<br />

speaks of the disastrous effect it has had on the author. Such repetition and balance in the<br />

initial four lines of the poem work to prepare the reader for balance throughout the poem,<br />

which Cegerxwîn delivers on, albeit through other poetic devices discussed elsewhere in<br />

this paper.<br />

(345) agir bi Kurdistan-ê ket-Ø lewra hawar=e (CX1:1)<br />

fire in Kurdistan-OBL.F devestate.PST-3SG thus cry.for.help=COP.PRS.3SG<br />

dil<br />

heart<br />

‘Kurdistan ravaged by fire, thus my heart is a cry for help.’<br />

sed baẍ u sed bistan-î ket-Ø (CX1:2)<br />

hundred garden and hundred meadow-OBL.M devastate.PST-3SG<br />

manendî bilbil jar=e dil<br />

like nightingale miserable=COP.PRS.3SG heart<br />

‘A hundred gardens and a hundred meadows devastated―I, dejected, like a<br />

disheartened nightingale.’<br />

pêt-ek ji Kurdistan-ê hat-Ø, mêalik u cerg-ê (CX1:3)<br />

flame.INDF from Kurdistan-OBL.F come.PST-3SG lung and liver-EZ.M<br />

min di-pat-Ø<br />

me IPFV-burn.PST-3SG<br />

‘A flame came from Kurdistan, burning my lung and liver.’<br />

aman welat, aman welat, bawer_bi-k-in xwînxwar=e (CX1:4)<br />

alas home alas home believe_IRR-do.PRS-IMP.PL terrible=COP.PRS.3SG<br />

dil<br />

heart<br />

‘Alas my home, alas my home―believe me, (my) heart is terrible!’<br />

5.4.1.4.4 Chiasmus<br />

Chiasmus is a parallel or antithetical structure that repeats terms in inverse order<br />

(Adams 1997:111). The following English example from Turco shows an inverse<br />

parallelism based on similarity.<br />

(346) I vied with the wind, she fought the air, (Turco 2000:12)<br />

and as she lost, I was victorious.

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