A Linguistic Study of the Sonnets of Mohammad Ali Bahmani

Mohammed Ali Bahmani is one of the most famous sonneteers in contemporary Persian literature and his emotional and attractive language has charmedmany readers. The aim of this article is to study Bahmani's poetic language and to investigate the important techniques that play an essential role in the literary structure of his poems and have made him so popular. The research method in this study is both descriptive and analytic, that is, the researchers have selected and studiedsome of the poet’s lyrics.It is concluded that Bahmani's syntax, the high frequency of his modern and commondiction, and the rich and pervasive music of his language are some of the causes which have made his poems charming and fascinating. Moreover, Bahmanishows a remarkable abilityto usethe living and current language of the society and common people and displays anadmirable skill in manipulating the images, emotions and music of this language in his poetry.