A Stylistic Study of Farooq Jovid's Poems: Poems of Commitment

Stylistics and the research conducted in that area over the works of literature is one of the most important topics in modern criticism. The purpose of such discussion is the linguistic context such as music, implications of short and long terms, compound expressions and their relationships, rhythm and their figural usage signifying their artistic context. The present paper studies Javid’s poems through a stylistic approach. He is considered as a representative of the poems of commitment of the contemporary movement of in Egypt who struggled against the authoritarian regime of his society. The stylistic introduction of his work is in fact a critique of his thoughts, perspectives, and sublime connotations. However, due to his wide range of literary works only three of his poems representing Imam Hussein as a sublime role module, a savior of the today’s human being are considered through a descriptive analysis. This study clearly shows the harmony present between the poet’s romantic emotions and realistic perspectives with that of society; in addition, the thought of deviation from Imam Hussein’s school of thought is the cause of cruelty, misery, and injustice in communities and nations can be traced in the three chosen poems. The poet has been successful in employing variety of linguistic techniques and turned it to a style to create a connection between concept, thought, and language to convey his view points to the addressee.