Innovations of simile in Khaghani's poems

Simile is one of the prominent elements of imageries and its investigation has a significant effect on recognition of the poet"s style. This study deals with a linguistic-grammatical method i.e. Brook-Rose categorization method for deriving Khaghani"s similes in order to answer these questions: what are the prominent structural features of similes in Khaghani"s odes based on Brook-Rose categorization method? What fields are included in basic realms of vehicles in Khaghani"s odes?

This study applied descriptive-analytic method.

Upon using Brook-Rose quintet categorization method for Khaghani "s similes, the findings demonstrated that copula-attributive, genitive and pointing enjoy the highest frequencies respectively. Then, the genitive structure (concise simile) enjoys the highest frequency; Brook-Rose considers the usage of preposition "of" (an equivalent for "ا" in Persian language) in Khaghani"s odes as a method for establishment of this relationship. Khaghani used some methods for creating novel, concise and prominent simile in many cases; then, the third most frequent method is pointing method. Allegory method enjoys the highest frequency among other methods. Attributive method has the lowest frequency by using verb "making" among Brook methods. The things realm is the widest realm of vehicles in Khaghani odes.

Regarding Brook-Rose categorization, Khaghani used simile in most verses for the praised, its appurtenants, and self respectively. The highest usage of attribute and transformation is for "The Praised"; then the poet"s "self" and his appurtenants are boldly present in the categorization.