Reflection of Repetition in the Poems of Soad Sabbah and Nader Naderpour

Abstract

The literary technique of repetition has a remarkable role in rhythm induction and text coherence. This rhetorical device has more functional role in contemporary than in classical poetry because in contemporary poetry the elements of revealing emotions and internal feeling and also creating dramatic rhythm are amongst features added to functions of repetition device. The present study attempts to investigate various types of repetition used in two books of poetry ‘Rasā’il Min al-Zaman al-Jamīl’ by Soad Sabbah and ‘No Plant and Stone, but Fire’ by Nader Naderpour. It was found that the repetition of syntactic structures is manifest in these two poetries at consonant, vowel, word, and syllable levels, and also in combinations, and declarative and compositional sentences, in a manner to concentrate the readers’ attention on the implication, to sustain an action or situation, and to highlight the theme of poem.

Keywords

• contemporary poetry
• repetition
• rhythm
• soad sabbah
• nader naderpour