Love Poetry by Using Alphabetic Lettersin Persian & Arabic Literature

زبان و ادبیات عربی

Article 7, Volume 1, Issue 2, June 2010   

Document Type: research article

DOI: 10.22067/jall.v1i2.8940

Author

Dr. Yahya Ma’roof^*

Abstract

The poets of lyrical poetry usually take advantage of various ways. One method used to compose love poetry is usage of alphabetic letters. Other than the combination of letters in order to create new words and meanings, Arabic letters of alphabet basically have another literary role – discussed in this paper – that of outward shape of the letter which has been used to create the most beautiful examples of love poetry. Since the Arabic letters are also used in Persian we discuss the samples of Arabic and Persian poetry.

Key words: love poetry, alphabetic letters, Persian and Arabic poetry