A comparative study on Nazar Ghabbani and Ahmad Shamloo's elegies

The elegy as one of the oldest subjects of poetry in the poems of Nazar Ghabbani, Arab, contemporary, Romantic poet and Ahmad Shamloo, Iranian, contemporary poet, who were both the origin of a great poetic move in Persian and Arabic, is a remarkable subject. Considering the elegies of Nazar Ghabbani and Ahmad Shamloo, it has been concluded that Nazar Ghabbani in his personal and social elegies, has pointed out subjects such as sorrow for the loss of his family members, war of Arabs VS Israel, places such as Beirut and Palestine and warriors and martyrs, on the other hand, Shamloo has not mentioned his family members in his elegies, instead, he has pointed out the social and political sublimes such as Forough Farrokhzad, Jalal Al-e- Ahmad, Vartan and Ahmad Zibaram. Additionally, regarding language structure, both poets have used a simple language in their elegies. The difference is that Ghabani in his poems try to be close to what is known as the daily language but Shamloo's language and thoughts in his elegies have many dimensions and sometimes they are philosophical. Also, from the imagination point of view, Ghabbani's attitude is superficial while Shamloo's breaks the common boundaries and travels beyond layers of language.