Conceptual Metaphor of grief in Marsiya and Habsieh poems

The present study is aimed to compare the conceptual metaphor of “grief” in Marsiya(written by Mullah Ali Fakher) and Habsieh(written by Masud Sa’ad Salman) poems, from cognitive semantics point of view. Data includes 4300 verses from selected Marsiya and about 18000 verses from Habsieh. 12 names of mapping were found in Habsieh and 16 in Marsiya (including: “Power”, “Thing”, “pain”, “Disaster”, “Hardship”, “Human”, “living thing”, “Time/Event”, “Material”, “Element of nature”, “Container”, “fire”, “Utensil”, “Food”, “Captivity”,” Disease”, “Plant” and “culture” . 8 names of mapping are common in both Habsieh and Marsiya including: “Thing”, “Human”, “Fire”, “Material”, “Dish/container”, “Utensil”, “Food/edible” and “Disease”. But Habsieh and Marsiya are different in elaborating the feeling of “grief”. For instance “grief” with the name of mapping “Human” is a broody and depressed human being in Marsiya while in Habsieh , “grief” with the name of mapping “Human” is a friend and companion for a man who is alone in prison.