Journal of Literary Criticism and Rhetoric

Document Type : scientific-research

Authors

1 Persian Language & Literature, Faculty of Literature & Human Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Arabic Language & Literature, Faculty of Literature & Human Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Faculty Member Department of Persian Language and Literature, Faculty of Associate Professor, Department of Persian Language & Literature, Faculty of Literature & Human Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

10.22059/jlcr.2025.385717.2035

Abstract

Meters or external music as a basic element in poetry plays a decisive role in evoking emotions and conveying concepts. Its importance is not only in the artistic appeal but also in creating harmony and coherence between the verses of a poem. Molamma't poetry is one of the types of Persian poetry in which different languages, usually Persian and Arabic, are used in an overlapping manner, and this feature distinguishes it from other types of poetry. This type of poetry has flourished mainly in different periods of Persian literature, especially In the sixth, seventh and eighth centuries of Hijri, and with the works of poets such as Molavi and Saadi. This type of poetry is a product of the cultural interaction of two languages and the literary creativity of poets due to the combination of languages and Meters. This article examines the prosody (external music) and the Meters of the Molamma't poems, and its purpose is to identify and categorize the Meters of this type of poems.Considering that each language has its own prosodic features, it seeks to answer the question of how a poet in a bilingual poem utilizes prosodic rules to succeed in their dual-language poetry. This research is designed as a descriptive-analytical and statistical study. In this method, first the data related to the poems and their Meters were collected. Then these data were analyzed and analyzed statistically to identify the patterns in the external music or the prosody of Molamma't.The results of the article show that in terms of prosody rules and Poetic license, the affixes are often subject to Persian prosody, and the Meters of the affixes can be divided into three main categories and four subcategories; The main categories are: Molamma't that has a Persian Meters, Molamma't that has a joint Meters between Persian and Arabic, Molamma't whose Arabic part has an Arabic Meters and its Persian part has a Persian Meters. This classification is mainly based on the language of the Meters, i.e. Persian or Arabic.

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