Comparative Study on Ersal Masal and Amsal Saereh by Saeb Tabrizi and Motenabbi

Motenabbi and Saeb are two famous poet and philosopher and their divans are full of ethical and philosophical concepts. These concepts are continuously in interaction with between Arabic and Persian poets by citing the relationship between two languages. Since the frequency of simile's application in both works can be seen a lot, the present paper tries to study their divans comparatively and comes to the conclusion that Saeb were more successful in applying the similes than Motenabbi and this is because of his creativity in applying unique and beautiful similes and metaphors.