Visual associations of celestial elements and animals in Zolāli Khānsāri’s poetry

Document Type : Original Article

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1 PHD student, Persian Language and Literature, University of Shahid Bahonar, Kerman, Iran: Correspondence author

2 Associate Professor, Persian Language and Literature, University of Shahid Bahonar, Kerman, Iran.

3 Associate professor of Shahid Associate Professor, Persian Language and Literature, University of Shahid Bahonar, Kerman, Iran.

Abstract

Celestial elements and animals are among the most frequent phenomena in the poetry of Zolāli Khānsāri, each of which can individually represent a central image or together create a set of visual associations in combination. Accordingly, the present study aimed to investigate the visual associations of celestial elements and animals in Zolāli Khānsāri’s poetry. To achieve this, the verses in question were selected using library method and analyzed via qualitative content analysis at the textual and verse levels. The identified visual associations were placed into three categories; visual associations of celestial elements, visual associations of animals, and common visual associations of celestial elements and animals as central images. The visual associations of celestial elements in Zolāli Khānsāri’s poetry, based on their frequency, are the color, the representation of eloquence, the description of beauty, the influence on fate, the power, the light and illumination, talking about wine and its derivatives, and the rotational movement. The visual associations of animals are the reflection of wisdom, the description of beauty, talking about wine and its derivatives, desire for fire, display of malice and deceit, the representation of misery, representation of eloquence, the description of power, and color. The common visual associations of both celestial elements and animals are the description of praiseworthy power, the color, light and illumination, representation of eloquence, the description of beauty, and displaying the rotation and movement. Innovations can also be seen in his imagery of celestial elements and animals.

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The Journal Of Linguistic and Rhetorical Studies
Volume 15, Issue 35
May 2024
Pages 65-98

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