Before the prince of poets, Ahmed Shawqi, poetry in Egypt was based on the old style, despite the poets' attempts at innovation. However, Shawqi mastered his language, and his weaving and composition, so he was innocent of affectation, trying to stay away from imitation in expression and thinking. He had the virtue of being innovative and innovative to the extent that innovation and renewal were possible for him, and he had a doctrine in his expressions, images, purposes, and transitions, in which he was drawn by more than one of the poets who contemporaneous him, and they were his followers but did not realize him.
These selections include a collection of masterpieces of poems by the Prince of Poets on various occasions, giving a panoramic picture of his poetry and life. .