A Survey of Rhetorical Approaches in Naser Khosraw's Qaṣā'id Looking at the Rationalism and Religious Ideas of the Poet

Abstract

The emphasis in rhetoric is to prove a concept in the minds of the audience, and to strengthen it in order to eliminate any ambiguity towards the meaning using specific linguistic capacities. Given Naser Khosrow's religious approach to poetry and the special purpose of the poet from the writing of poetry, rhetorical emphasis has many uses in his poetry. Examining the types of these practices can reveal many of the poetic aspects and subtleties of this poet. The purpose of this research is to investigate various types of rhetorical emphasis in Naser Khosrow's poems by the library method. In this research, the evidence of rhetorical emphasis in Nasser Khosrow's poems has been studied in two aspects of the science of meanings and exegesis. The results of this study are as follows: it can be said that the poet's rationalism has caused literary aspects such as reasoning and methods of equation to be more relevant. The poet's Ismaili thoughts have also been effective in applying rhetorical questions and avoiding oaths, alternatives, and sequence of adjectives. Meanwhile, rhetoric such as exaggeration and personification, which are more imaginative than philosophical, are not in his poetry.

Keywords

• Naser Khosrow
• Rhetorical Emphasis
• Methods of Equation
• Rhetoric Question
• Sequence of Adjectives