Document Type : Research Paper
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1 A. Associate Professor, University of Birjand, Iran
2 MScComparative Literature Department University of Birjand
Abstract
The spring season has always been one of the main subjects in the realm of descriptive poetry, manifesting itself creatively in verse literature since ancient times. Safi al-Din al-Helli, an Arabic poet, and Manuchehri Damghani, a Persian poet, have composed valuable and beautiful odes describing spring. Familiar with the sciences of music and blessed with a remarkable ability to observe the vibrant nature and wondrous world around them, they could depict the manifestations of spring more beautifully than reality itself. The present study aims to examine the literary status of these two renowned poets through a library-based approach and analyze the most prominent themes of spring description in their poetry using a comparative-analytical approach. The research findings indicate that, employing various similes and a simple language, they elegantly portrayed the transformations of spring. The rebirth of nature, rain-bearing clouds, azure skies, roaring rivers, the melodies of birds, vivid buds and blossoms, colorful flowers, fragrant breezes, and the perfumed atmosphere of gardens appear with the highest frequency in the poets' verses. For Manuchehri, spring is constantly blossoming, and he does not forget to describe it even in his panegyrics. In Safi al-Din al-Helli's poetry, the praise of the patron sometimes takes on a more prominent role amidst the descriptions of spring.
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