Paradox in Poetic Symbols of Unshūdat al-Matar (‘Song of Rain’)
Volume 3, Issue 1, Summer 2011, Pages 177-197
Adnan Tahmasebi, Nasser Zare
Abstract This paper examines paradox in the symbols of the poem unsh?dat al-Matar (‘song of rain’), composed by Sh?kir al-Sayy?b. It also investigates how meaning is developed in these symbols. In the symbols in this poetry, paradoxical themes like happiness and grief, rain and drought, and life and death emerge. The onomatopoeia ‘rain’, which forms the central image of this poetry, has the same paradox. The constant tension between these paradoxes, with the steady drop of rain, culminates in life and joy.