Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- NOTATION -- CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER II. A SURVEY OF THE FORM AND BACKGROUND OF THE MU'ALLAQAT -- CHAPTER III. THE FIVE POEMS -- CHAPTER IV. PHONOLOGICAL DEVIATION -- CHAPTER V. MORPHOLOGICAL REPETITION -- CHAPTER VI. THE CRITERION OF ORDER -- CHAPTER VII. CONCLUSIONS: THE SPAN OF PATTERN -- APPENDIX A. THE TEXTS -- APPENDIX B. THE STYLISTIC MAPS -- Backmatter