Dramatic Aspects of Ahmad Shamlu's Poems

Ahmad Shamlu is one of the few poets who display dramatic potentials in their works. An investigation into the common aspects of dramatic and poetic domains contribute to the recognition of the dramatic elements in the works of Ahmad Shamlu.The majority of Shamlu’s poems can be classified as blank verse, which is popular among the poets of "dramatic poetry" like Shakespeare. The dialogue, monologue, scene order, narrative, dramatic effects, and attention to declamation, are dramatic elements of Shamlu’s poems. The first step in examining the dramatic elements of a poem is the correct reading and comprehension of the meaning of each poem; the second stage is the analysis of the dramatic elements and, finally, extracting a dramatic project from the poem. This research, in terms of the nature and purpose, is analytic, being carried out in the form of a library research. The data of his research has been gathered through note-taking from written sources, interviews, and observing plays.