{
    "documentText": "سجِّل!\r\nأنا عربي\r\nورقمُ بطاقتي خمسونَ ألفْ\r\nوأطفالي ثمانيةٌ\r\nوتاسعهُم.. سيأتي بعدَ صيفْ!\r\nفهلْ تغضبْ؟\r\nسجِّلْ!\r\nأنا عربي\r\nوأعملُ مع رفاقِ الكدحِ في محجرْ\r\nوأطفالي ثمانيةٌ\r\nأسلُّ لهمْ رغيفَ الخبزِ،\r\nوالأثوابَ والدفترْ\r\nمن الصخرِ\r\nولا أتوسَّلُ الصدقاتِ من بابِكْ\r\nولا أصغرْ\r\nأمامَ بلاطِ أعتابكْ\r\nفهل تغضب؟",
    "author": "Maḥmūd Darwīsh",
    "originalSource": "https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/258688",
    "language": "Arabic",
    "disclaimer": "Quoted text by Maḥmūd Darwīsh remains © the original copyright holders. Used under fair use for scholarly commentary.",
    "documentId": "text_4.txt",
    "documentTitle": "سجل أنا عربي",
    "source": "https:\/\/balagha-corpus.com\/4",
    "organisation": "The Balagha Corpus",
    "annotator": "Mandar Marathe",
    "uploadDate": "2025-09-19 16:07:50",
    "annotations": [
        {
            "%TYPE": "A03TheImperative",
            "begin": 0,
            "end": 5,
            "text": "سجِّل",
            "comment": "This is grammatically a command, but pragmatically, it is a threat.",
            "Score": 2,
            "Scoreexplanation": "Score of 2 because it is a provocative and intense way to start the poem."
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "A05TheInterrogative",
            "begin": 91,
            "end": 101,
            "text": "هلْ تغضبْ؟",
            "comment": "This is a rhetorical question, to express pride and to threaten.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "B4Allegory",
            "begin": 182,
            "end": 195,
            "text": "رغيفَ الخبزِ",
            "comment": "This is majaz for food in general.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "B4Allegory",
            "begin": 209,
            "end": 216,
            "text": "الدفترْ",
            "comment": "This is majaz for education.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "B4Allegory",
            "begin": 221,
            "end": 227,
            "text": "الصخرِ",
            "comment": "This is majaz for the poet's hard word in the quarry.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "B4Allegory",
            "begin": 251,
            "end": 260,
            "text": "من بابِكْ",
            "comment": "The poet uses باب to represent the questioner's nation, not literally his house or door.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "B5ImplicitReference",
            "begin": 132,
            "end": 144,
            "text": "رفاقِ الكدحِ",
            "comment": "The poet could have said \"زملائي\" (my colleagues) but he uses this kināya to give a more intense impression of the nature of their work.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "B6Hinting",
            "begin": 19,
            "end": 42,
            "text": "رقمُ بطاقتي خمسونَ ألفْ",
            "comment": "This indirectly gives a suggestion of the large size of the Arab population. It is another show of strength.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "B6Hinting",
            "begin": 172,
            "end": 177,
            "text": "أسلُّ",
            "comment": "The poet is using this line to hint at his aspiration for his children.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "CC1Repetition",
            "begin": 103,
            "end": 110,
            "text": "سجِّلْ!",
            "comment": "Repetition of the starting word.\r\n\r\nAlthough this is technically also an instance of \"The Interrogative\", it's pragmatic effect here comes through repetition rather than as a new interrogative.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "CC1Repetition",
            "begin": 112,
            "end": 120,
            "text": "أنا عربي",
            "comment": "Repetition from line 2, for emphasis.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "CC1Repetition",
            "begin": 156,
            "end": 170,
            "text": "أطفالي ثمانيةٌ",
            "comment": "Repetition for emphasis, from the 4th line. It also signals a transition to the next line.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "CC1Repetition",
            "begin": 295,
            "end": 303,
            "text": "هل تغضب؟",
            "comment": "A repetition of the هل تغضب from before. The repetition is used to mark the internal divisions in the structure of the poem.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "CC2RepetitionWithVariedPhrasing",
            "begin": 62,
            "end": 87,
            "text": "تاسعهُم.. سيأتي بعدَ صيفْ",
            "comment": "This strengthens the idea of the previous line through repetition of the idea of the poet's large family.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "CC2RepetitionWithVariedPhrasing",
            "begin": 132,
            "end": 137,
            "text": "رفاقِ",
            "comment": "The mention of the poet's colleagues reinforces the idea from before that his is part of the Arab nation, and not standing alone.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "CC2RepetitionWithVariedPhrasing",
            "begin": 279,
            "end": 292,
            "text": "بلاطِ أعتابكْ",
            "comment": "This is a different way of saying من بابك which was mentioned immediately before this, thus reinforcing the poet's point.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "CD02EvasiveResponse",
            "begin": 8,
            "end": 16,
            "text": "أنا عربي",
            "comment": "Rather than giving his name, the speaker defies the person asking for his identification by saying that he is an Arab, which is an evasive response.",
            "Score": 2,
            "Scoreexplanation": "This response rhetorically draws the questioner's attention away from the individual to the nation. This is both a show of strength in the moment, and an allusion to the shared struggles and experiences of the nation. This justifies a score of 2."
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "CE2SyntacticGrouping",
            "begin": 183,
            "end": 216,
            "text": "رغيفَ الخبزِ،\r\nوالأثوابَ والدفترْ",
            "comment": "The poet lists several items with one explanation.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "CE8Forewarning",
            "begin": 8,
            "end": 16,
            "text": "أنا عربي",
            "comment": "This is a forewarning of the topic of the poem: the condition and struggles of the Arab nation.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "CG7IntegrationofImagery",
            "begin": 45,
            "end": 59,
            "text": "أطفالي ثمانيةٌ",
            "comment": "The poet again draws attention to the size of the Arab nation. Rather than pointing to something physically present (such as his identification card's number in the previous line), he draws attention to his large family.",
            "Score": 1
        },
        {
            "%TYPE": "CG7IntegrationofImagery",
            "begin": 123,
            "end": 153,
            "text": "أعملُ مع رفاقِ الكدحِ في محجرْ",
            "comment": "The poet gives an image of him and his friends working in a quarry to indicate that they are accustomed to hard work, and by implication, that they are physically strong.",
            "Score": 1
        }
    ]
}