Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 13، number In Volume 7، October 2020 ، issue Number 53

A study of the stylistics of the poem "Azhar and Mazhar" by Nizari Qohestani

Fereshteh Golsorkhi , Sayyad Mehdi Rahimi (Author in Charge), Mohammad Behnamfar

Abstract

The poem of Azhar and Mazhar from Nizari Qohestani, is a work in the form of Masnavi, the main theme of which is the narration of the story of two lovers and the battles of Mazhar for the retrieval of Azhar. Due to the subject matter of the work and the use of love and epic themes in it, this poem can be considered as a combination of lyrical-epic literature.

In this article, which is written in a library method and in a descriptive-analytical way, we have examined the stylistics of this work. Out of a total of 10,612 verses in this book, four thousand verses are randomly examined from both the lyrical and epic parts of the poem. Therefore, the main purpose of this article is to study and determine the stylistic features in the two lyrical and epic parts of Azhar and Mazhar poem. The results of this analysis show that the choice of Hazjrhythm in addition to being appropriate for the subject matter in the lyric section is also proportional to the subject matter in the epic section. Repetition of phonemes, word discounts, and paronomasia increase the internal music of this poem. The stylistic structure of the words is a mixture of lyrical, conversational, epic, and mystical language. The literary coordinates of the words are more based on imitation. The most common type of analogy is sensory. Metaphors are mostly metonymical, and metonymies are mostly vernacular and colloquial.

Keyword
Stylistics , Azhar and Mazhar , Nizari Qohestani , Lyrical-epic Poetry

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