Stylistic and intellectual study of the manuscript of Divan of Azhari Shirazi, eleventh century poet

Azhari Shirazi is an anonymous poet of the 11th century AH who has not been researched about this poet. The basis of the present article is based on the unique version available in the library of Shahid Motahari High School and its purpose is to study the style and thought of the manuscript of this Safavid poet.

The present article is an intra-textual, stylistic and theoretical study that has been done by library research method. The study area and community is Shirazi Divan.

In Isfahani Divan, Isfahani style can be found along with verbal and spiritual industries and innovations. The language of this poet"s poems is simple and his lyric poems are very delicate. Despite the poet"s acknowledgment of composing Turkish poems, no trace of it was found in this version. His poetry has advantages in various aspects among the court of his contemporaries; Notable are the titles for the poems, the lamentation, the boasting, the romantic lyricism and quatrains, the humorous and satirical Masnavi, and the pieces containing the material of history. I also enjoy a variety of linguistic and literary benefits in this divan.

Azhari Shirazi has experimented with other Isfahani style poets. The time of the poet"s life can be considered according to the articles of the Divan, between the years 991 to 1061 AH or shortly after. At the intellectual and content level, religious, romantic and humorous themes are the main themes of his poems. At the linguistic level, unlike Isfahani style poets, slang words are less noticeable in his poems. The use of special weights and long lines is a feature of his poems. At the literary level, phonology, repetition, types of puns, as well as forms of imagination, simile, metaphor, irony, allusion, observance, and style of equation have the highest frequency in his poems.