An analysis of reflected emotions in the sonnets of Shams on the basis of Robert Plachik's theory of fundamental emotions

Emotion is one of the most important and vital element of poetry. Every poem is a kind of reaction of the artist's self interactions. Psychic interactions are one of the main stimuli for the formation of works of art. Thus, Mawlan's lyric poems are the result of pure mystical experiences and the arousal of his powerful emotions. In this very article, the predominant aspect of the reflected emotions of Shams's lyric poems has been investigated using Robert Plachik's theory of "fundamental emotions" in a descriptive-analytical method. In this research, one point (mark) has been considered for each verse and in the analyzing of verses, linguistic elements (sounds, words, compounds, sentences), direct lexical signification, and rhetorical techniques have also been used. In Mawlan's sonnets different types of emotions (primary and complex) have been expressed to different degrees of intensity which is more than ninety percent of the expressed emotions. This research shows that 24 emotions of Plachik model are reflected in Mawlan's sonnets. The reflected emotions in Mawlan's sonnets are: love, happiness, astonishment, hope, acceptance, humility, respectively. The emotion of love is at the top with 50.92 percent points and despair is at the bottom of the table with 0.02 points.