Psychological Analysis of Khensa's Poems

Analyzing literary and artistic innovations from a psychological point of view not only does show many spiritual and mental characteristics of their creators but also reveals some of their undisclosed mental states. In fact, psychology tries to go from undisclosed toward the revealed. In this article, the focus is on analyzing Khensa's elegies, one of the poets before Islam, from a psychological point of view. Elegy which is one of the themes of poems was prevalent before Islam and tribal bloody battles were the main reasons of its creation. This kind of poem is replete with pure affections and the poet tries to express his or her grief and misery in the absence of beloved ones. The psychological characteristics of Khensa's poem are sorrow-loving, pondering over death, bewailing and her loneliness.