A Study of Simile in KhajousRawzatolAnvar

The question addressed in the present paper is how similes are treated in Rawzatol Anwar. They are studied in terms of structural, thematic elements of simile, aspect of simile, quality, being single and in combined form, etc. An attempt has been made to review the statistical and frequency of Khajou similes. As it is shown RawzatolAnvar contains 1827 verses and 839 similes, which is determined by comparing the number of verses and similes. Almost two verses contain one simile.Khajou’s similes include 7.5 of human quality type, 8.24 of abstract concept type, 5.32% of objective type and 5.18% of natural type. Similes are repetitive and stereotyped. Fresh similes are few.Kjajou is also more willing to use singular similes and has made little use of complex similes.