Hojat Rasouli; Saeed Foroughinia
Volume 1, Issue 1 , December 2011, , Pages 1-26
Abstract
Abolqāsem al-Shābīis one of the renowned contemporary poets who is considered a Romantic poet and most of the critics have emphasized his tendency toward Romanticism; however, his poems show traces of symbolism as well. Now the question is whether al-Shābī is a poet merely with romantic tendencies ...
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Abolqāsem al-Shābīis one of the renowned contemporary poets who is considered a Romantic poet and most of the critics have emphasized his tendency toward Romanticism; however, his poems show traces of symbolism as well. Now the question is whether al-Shābī is a poet merely with romantic tendencies or he also subscribes to the school of symbolism. This paper examines al-Shābī's poemswith regard to their symbolism and discusses his innovations in imagery and symbolsusing a descriptive-analytical methodology. First the poet's Divan is studied closely and then its symbolic and mysterious aspects are analyzed within the theoretical framework of this study. The examination of the poems revealed that he has a tendency toward mystery and symbol. As one of the poets of Apollo school, he has been influenced by symbolism; some of the features of symbolism such as synaesthesia, attention to musical rhythm, rhyme and meter suggest that he has a tendency toward symbolism.
