Analysis of Irony in Amir Khusro Dehlavi's Shirin and Khusro

Irony is one of the most important and beautiful aspects of eloquence, which is made by people. It is a part of their daily lives. Irony is a valuable character of conveying the meaning and thoughts indirectly. This valuable character is as old as the life if us as human beings. So a large number of it could be found in literal texts.it has been of importance to the poets during the time and they have used it. It can be said that there is no poets who has not used irony in their works. Since, in Persian, irony is a flexible and, also, a cultural point; it has a crucial role in conveying the poets’ message and idea in an indirect way. The present study analyzed the irony in Amir Khusro Dehlavi’s Shirin and Khusro to show how much he could avoid trivial and repetitive and show his thoughts. The present study deals with knowing which type of irony was Amir Khusro’s favorite. According to the analysis, Amir Khusro had used the ironies that are known and used by people more than those that were innovative and made by him. His purpose was to not only make the work more beautiful and influential, but also avoid making the readers tired of explicit and logical words.