Simile and Frequency of Its Employment in Saeed Khan Multani's Divan

The present paper deals with simile and classification of its varieties in Saeed Khan Multani’s divan. Representation of the literary and artistic value of any work depends on its aesthetic. Simile is considered one of the important and fundamental elements of the science of rhetoric; moreover, investigation and analysis of its varieties from the viewpoint of structure and content can be indicative of the poet’s particular style and language as well. Thus, investigation of Saeed Khan Multani’s work, from the aspect of employment of simile, will be the subject of the present article.In the paper, using the information obtained from the accurate and perfect analysis of the similes in Saeed Khan’s divan, we try to identify varieties of simile and its employment in his poetry so that the poet’s orientation towards this artistic skill and its role in the literary aspect of his speech will be revealed. The overall result of this research shows the poet’s tendency towards simile in the representation of sentiment which is of the characteristics of the Khorasani style. The research method is the text analysis of the work and description of the similes as well as the presentation of the frequency of their employment.