A structuralistc analysis of Abel and Cain in Sayyāb's poetry

The two symbols of Abel and Cain are of the important elements in Badr Shākir al-Sayyāb’s poetry; so their traces could be explicitly perceived in his various poems. To be considered that the structure of each poem is formed by its components, Cain and Abel have prominent functions in the structure of poems these two poetical devices have been used in. On the one hand, the functions of these two elements that have binary opposition are different; and on the other hand, in proportion to the different structure of each different poem, the signifying system of these two elements changes. The structural analysis of the system of each poem makes it clear that these two poetical devices, with their different functions in each poem, have different significance and change the structure of that poem. The function of these two elements is definitely a significant and dynamic function. Because of weak structure of some poems, it happens that the function of these two artistic devices is marginal and non-pivotal.