Romantic Social Discovery in Poems by Ebtehaj and Al-Feitouri

Ebtehaj and Al-Feitouri were two competent contemporary poets, who were intellectually close together due to their common unfavorable social conditions. The trends followed by both these poets can be studied in social romanticism. The most important works produced by both are related to the time when they deplored the conditions of their countries. The comparative study of their works revealed that although traces of individualist romanticism were manifested in their works, the social themes of their poems were in line with social romanticism. They both combined romanticism with dynamic revolutionary literature in their poetry. In this article, the commonalities of their thoughts and overlaps between concepts raised in their poems were addressed. Features such as attention to social issues, commitment to the homeland, the role of love in defense, and lyrical look at social issues were compared and discussed.