Resistance Theme in Poetry of

Resistance literature is the most important cultural entrenchment of those countries under foreign dominance. Resistance literature especially poetry in Iraq which is a reaction to the despotic rules indicates the literary and mental values as well as the specific artistic experiences in the works of the poets of these countries that not only can they be regarded and analyzed in contemporary Arabic poems but also they can be a pattern for devoted resistance literature of other nations. The present research aimed at studying the resistance elements in the poetry book of (the censored) written by Javad Jamil, the contemporary Iraqi poet. The findings of this research indicated that despotic rules were of the main factors of the occurrence of resistance elements in the poem of Javad Jamil. The main themes in his poem were the land, people, insurgence against injustice, Shiite motivations of combat, adoration of liberals and martyrs, and hope for a promising future.