An analysis of two couplets of Ferdowsi and Malek-o alshoara Bahar according to formalism approach

Malek-o alshoara Bahar is one of the most important poets of Constitutional period (Mashrooteh's period), on the occasion of the World War I, he has composed the Poem in the title of "human and War" and in this poem he has apparently imitated two famous couplets of story of Rostam and Esfandiar in the Book of Kings. Since one of the fundamental aspects of the school of formalism is notice to the shape and form and literary figures, In this paper, based on formalism approach, two couplets of Malek-o alshoara Bahar and Ferdowsi has compared and analyzed. In the end the result is that even though Malek-o alshoara Bahar has been successful in this imitation, Ferdowsi in more artistic manner has succeed to add the richness of his poetry with more attention to form and voice patterns and subtle use of rhetorical and literary elements, so he has revealed literary discourse in his poem as prominent as possible.