Riedel Dagmar A. author Columbia University. Center for Iranian Studies Columbia University. Center for Iranian Studies originator text Articles 2002 English In the following, I will use research on parataxis in narrative to sail past heroic Scylla and lyric Charybdis by arguing that the qasida's composite structure presents a complete poetic narrative organized through parataxis. Islamic culture 79 2 274 315 2002 http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/islm.2002.79.2.274 http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:14546 NNC NNC 2012-08-28 16:05:24 -0400 2012-08-29 12:58:17 -0400 8566 eng