A Look at Ritual Poetry after the Revolution

Just in the same way that the contemporary poets think, the present article considers only elegies and panegyrics composed for the Household of Revelation as ritual poetry; and tawhid poetry and liturgies are out of the scope of the present writing. According to the studies made, Persian ritual poetry, which is as old as Persian poetry, has been growing in years after the Islamic Revolution. Before these years, ritual poetry was mostly limited to the themes taken from Ashura epic and other ritual themes were not so touched. In the years under study (1390 1357 / 2011 1978) poems were composed concerning various ritual figures and ritual poets devoted independent chapters to the Infallibles (PBUT) and Shi’i ritual figures. In the third decade, a genre of ritual poetry emerged in which a mystical approach was adopted. This genre was warmly welcomed by the audience. The other genre which has been seen in the ending years of the above period is employment of humor which is strikingly expanding. Perhaps since it is unprecedented or rare, this linguistic genre has drawn interest of a considerable part of the addressees.