A Critical Review of the Aesthetic Criteria in the Ode “la vaghta lelboqa” by Amal Donqol

Modern poets express many of their poetic concepts in expressive formats and use rhetorical criteria, in such a way that without using literary Devices, their poetic meanings are crude and lack inductive power. Rhetorical elements in modern poetry, due to the nature of poetry, have passed the stage of classical rhetoric devices and arrays, and have been linked to the features and elements of contemporary literary criticism in the form of a set of criteria that interact with literary language and reflect in poets' works.  This paper attempts to probe the Aesthetic Criteria in the Ode La vaghta lelboqa (there is no time for crying) by Amal Donqol using the descriptive-analytic method. Criteria and rhetorical techniques in this poem are expressed in three levels: phonetic, semantic, and lexical, and in the form and content of the poem, it has artistic and semantic functions. Rhetorical elements in the text of Danqal’s poem are not only responsible for the arrangement of words and creating beauty, but also, they have semantic meanings appropriate to the content and semantic structures of the poem. They, Moreover, play an essential role in depicting the poetic experience and interpretation of his thoughts and emotions.