Neo-Classical and the new common themes in Modern Arabic and Persian Literature with Special Attention to Ahmed Shawqi and Mohammad Taqi Bahar

Renewal or innovation in literature means changes in the literature in order to become concurrent with the transformation of social relations in an appropriate way thus organized to take the necessary and proper form. So for every poet and writer it is a must to strive to be aware of the spirit of his age thus interpreting it correctly. In addition to imitate predecessors, Neo-Classical poets took steps to recapitulate the rules and themes in ancient poetry. The secret behind the continuation and renewal of the Neo-Classical school is imitation in form and innovation in content or theme. This article examines the common and new themes of New Poetry in Persian and Arabic Neo-Classical schools based upon poetry of undisputed representatives of the two schools, namely, Mohammad Taqi Bahar, Ahmed Shawki.In this study, many common themes were found between these two schools which indicate that there are common cultural, social and political commonalities between Arabs and Iranians.