The semantic deviation in ode of “Rahala-Alnahar” from Badr Shakir al-Sayyab

Abstract

Deviation is a discussion in formalist criticism and one of the contemporary literary theories which based on the principles of rhetoric. In new linguistic approaches, the contemporary theorists have introduced deviation as a poetry creating tooland a different type is considered for that. In the meantime, semantic deviation receives the most feedback in the realm of poetry. PoetoffersHisartisticmessageto the audienceby applying or using semantic deviation and prolonging the process of perception because in semantic deviation, signifiers game leads to escape and flow of meaning thatcauses a significant delay in the mind of audience and creates multiple perceptions. A brief look at Sayyab poemsreveals his tendency to use encryption and myth for repaying poetic concepts. Using such an approach, aesthetic elements added to his word and gave a virtual color to vocabulary functions. Expressive aspects of rhetorical knowledge in Sayyab poetry are samples of semantic deviation in ode of “Rahala-Al-nahar” which the authors examines these elements in substitutionary and collocation axis, besides their function ina reflection ofhispoeticmessage. Then the authors show that the frequency of Sayyab Use fromrhetoricalelementsand prolongingtheperception ofthe audience has a tremendous effect on accompanying the audience with his poetic meaning.

Keywords

• semantic deviation
• succession
• collocation
• expressive aspects
• badr shakir al-sayyab
• the ode of “rahala-alnahar”