Description of nature in Diwan Manuchehri and Sinowbari’s Divans

Document Type : مروری

Abstract

The art of description is one of the most important purposes of poetry, which is dependent on the element of imagination. The subject of description when describing nature is to draw a tableau of beauty. Manuchehri Damghani (died 432 AH) and Sinowbari (died 334 AH) are undoubtedly among the greatest nature-oriented poets in Persian and Tazi literature. The importance of the description of nature in Sinowbari’s Divan is such that some critics have considered him the first poet of nature in Arab literature. Manuchehri also has the same position in Persian literature. This article (comparative study of the description of nature in Manuchehri Damghani and Sinowbari’s Divans) examines and analyzes and compares the descriptions that these two poets have displayed of the different manifestations of nature in their poems. By analyzing and comparing similar descriptions and providing evidence, the researcher has made it possible to compare and contrast two poets in describing nature. The two poets have many similarities in the images and similes they have expressed about describing nature, and these similarities are more in some subjects such as describing flowers, birds, and snow, and in some elements, the similarities are few. In his description of nature, Manuchehri Damghani was greatly influenced by Sinowbari, who is one of the leaders of the school of similes in the Abbasid era, however, he did not mention this poet in his Divan.

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