A Comparative Study of Resistance Thoughts in the Poetry of Yahya Al-Samawi and Mohammad Reza Shafiei Kadkani

Yahya Samawi, as one of the prominent contemporary poets of Iraq, and Mohammad Reza Shafiei Kadkani, one of the contemporary poets of Iran, try to have an evident role by the weapon of pen, language of art and using various literary techniques in exposing the nature of colonialism and the occupying forces. The present study, in addition to explaining the literary position of these two poets, tries to study in detail and inductively the commonalities and differences of the poets in the concepts of resistance with a comparative approach based on the American school and investigate the emergence of ideas of stability and resistance in Samavi and Shafi'i poetry. The results of this study indicate that the traces of American colonialism in both countries have had bad consequences. Therefore, the two poets, relying on the high values ​​of the Qur'an and Islam and with the support of the rich culture and glorious history of their land, while using national-religious myths symbolically and sometimes openly, have had a significant contribution to the awakening of their nation and by creating the solidarity between them has taken firm steps towards stability.